This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DEE18EC78FDC0297B81B59E7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi again, I just received this and knowing there is a number of us with veteran heritage, I wanted to share this. Gary > THE STORY BEHIND "TAPS" > > It all began 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. > > During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention. > > Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. > > The Captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. > > The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy status. His request was partially granted. > > The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for the son at the funeral. That request was turned down > since the soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician. The Captain chose a bugler. > > He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This wish was granted. > > This music was the haunting melody we now know as "TAPS" that is used at all military funerals. > > In case you are interested, these are the words to "TAPS": > Day is done > Gone the sun > >From the lakes > >From the hills > >From the sky > All is well > Safely rest > God is nigh. > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --------------DEE18EC78FDC0297B81B59E7 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <vafauqui-l-request@rootsweb.com> Delivered-To: ghaw@hsnp.com Received: (qmail 30922 invoked from network); 13 Aug 1999 11:31:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from bftoemail10.bigfoot.com (208.156.39.200) by netc.netc.com with SMTP; 13 Aug 1999 16:31:46 -0000 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by bftoemail6.bigfoot.com (Bigfoot Toe Mail v1.0 with message handle 990813_123119_0_bftoemail6_smtp; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:31:19 -0500 for ghaw@bigfoot.com Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA19876; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:25:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <199908131126470740.0084F6EF@mail.hot1.net> X-Mailer: Email 2000 Version 1.00.00.00 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:26:47 -0700 From: "Cindy" <texasrose@mail.hot1.net> Old-To: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: THE STORY BEHIND "TAPS" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bl-14.rootsweb.com id JAA19854 Resent-Message-ID: <wbDcX.A.d2E.2bEt3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1219 X-Loop: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VAFAUQUI-L-request@rootsweb.com I just wanted to share this with everyone. THE STORY BEHIND "TAPS" It all began 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The Captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy status. His request was partially granted. The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for the son at the funeral. That request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician. The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This wish was granted. This music was the haunting melody we now know as "TAPS" that is used at all military funerals. In case you are interested, these are the words to "TAPS": Day is done Gone the sun >From the lakes >From the hills >From the sky All is well Safely rest God is nigh. ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --------------DEE18EC78FDC0297B81B59E7--