Originally Posted by 2manyprojects
my great grandfather 5 times ago was a fifer in the revolutionary war...guess I had a boring family history ;-)
Mine a Drummer Boy. ha ha.. so, maybe they played together to signal the troups..
Nobody is allowed to disrespect my little drummer boy or his friend the fifer.. they told the troups to move forward or retreat. Important job usually given to a younger person that was "disposable".. for they were unarmed. Not always a child, but young man.
my GG..G grandfather moved up to driving horses to pull a supply wagon as a Private. Later he was in the war of 1812. It was hard to establish this country.. Proud to be a drummer boy's GG.. G granddaughter. :0) His pension papers list many battles. Interesting read for a comman young man of that time.