Record #:

38327

Author(s):

Abstract:

The story of how the song started in 1862 in the Civil War, when a Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe discovered his dead Confederate son after a battle. Ellicombe found musical notes on a piece of paper in his dead son’s uniform and he had a bugler play the musical notes at his funeral, now known as ‘Taps.’

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 13 Issue No. 2, , p43

Subject(s):

Civil War--The song Taps