Civil+War+MusicAD10

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 * Topic:** Civil War Music


 * Focus:** How music was used during the Civil War


 * Reason for choice:** Because I like music and I want to hear and learn the difference between their music and the music that I listen to today.


 * What's your point? (**[|**thesis**]**):** Music was important to the soldiers of the Civil War

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 * What four reasons do you have that will back up your point?**

1. They relied on the drummer boys and buglers to keep them marching in time, and to give signals and messages.

2. It inspired the soldiers to keep fighting, kept up their morale.

3. Some of the band brigades would go out to the battlefield with their regiment playing patriotic songs to will them to win.

4. Cavalry regiments did not use drums and fifes. They used strictly buglers.

They relied on the drummer boys and buglers to keep them marching in time, and to give signals and messages. Drums got the soldiers up in the morning, signaled them to report for morning roll call, sick call, and guard duty. The drummers also played at night to signal lights out or "taps".
 * What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

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It inspired the soldiers to keep fighting, kept up their morale. Most officers, including General Lee of the Confederate army felt that the music supplied by these surviving bands was very important to keep up the morale of the men. He also that without the band there would be no army.
 * What is your second reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

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Some of the band brigades would go out to the battlefield with their regiment playing patriotic songs to will them to win. The most important use of drums was on the battlefield where they were used to communicate orders from the commanding officers and signal troop movement. the drums were usually the ones that woulds play most often while on the battlefield.
 * What is your third reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

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Cavalry regiments did not use drums and fifes. Instead, they used bugles to sound the different calls in camp and on the march. The bugler was considered a cavalry regiment's musician. Like the cavalry, artillery units also used bugles in camp and on the battlefield. By them both using bugles it was easy to tell what regiment you were from or near. they would also have different bugle calls to tell what they were supposed to do next. It included a wake up call and a call to tell that the day was over. As well as field commands such as advance and retreat.
 * What is your fourth reason and three to five facts to support it?**

What can you conclude from these facts?

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 * Based on your research, what conclusions would you make and how does your research connect to your life?**

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