they were used for about fifty years. after the civill war ended they still were used in other wars or battles.
Drummer boys were used to send messages to the soilders.
Drummer boys were used to help with communicating commands to front line soldiers.
Drummer boys were used to send messages to the soilders.
Some were as young as 12 years old. It was an important job. The drum was used to communicate on the battlefield, as different patterns of beating conveyed orders to the men. Shouted orders might not be heard over the noise of battle.
Civil war drummer boys were very important. They sent signals with their drums. With out the drummer boys the soldiers would have a harder time figuring out what a higher ranked officer needed them to do? Anything else you need? -A
No. Drummers were used to call the men to formation. An officer would use the drummer, much like a trumpeter, to beat certain calls to communicate commands to his troops. But the drummer was not calling the Officer. The drummer took commands from the Officer as to what he was to play.
yes, in world war 1 the drummers were used to give their soldiers enough courage to go outside their own trenches.
The talking drums were drums that have the shape similar to an hourglass and are found in west Africa. The were used for purposes of conveying tonal messages to people who were up to five miles away.
The jazz term used when referring to the drummer is "timekeeper."
The ratio is decreasing through years, in fact, many of the experts think that girls are as affected by ADHD than boys, but used to be underdiagnosed, while boys were overdiagnosed.
Isaiah Kidney used to be the drummer, but he got kicked out for being too much of a good drummer.
In 1861-1865, armies communicated by flags (semaphores), bugle calls, drumming, and hand carried messages and telegraph. Drummer boys were used to drum messages for assembling the troops, etc