According to Civil War Historian, Bruce Catton, Major General Daniel Butterfield, of the Union Army of the Potomac had a fascination with bugles and was one of the first commanders to make up bugle calls that were unique to his own troops. He could thus use the bugler during battle to signal his troops only. According to Catton, Butterfield called his bugler to him one day and said that he wanted to compose a tune that would tell his troops that it was "Lights Out" time. He said that he wanted a sound that would make anyone who heard it picture the army bedding down under a peaceful moon. He sat and hummed sounds for a long time until he and the bugler got it the way he wanted it. The result was "TAPS" Derek Watson > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandra and Wayne Riner [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 12:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Re: {not a subscriber} ORGINATION OF TAPS > > I`m on several different genealogy lists and it was told on one that this > is > not a true story and they gave the source of the true story but I`m sorry > but I didn`t save it. > Sandra > > > >MY cousin WAYNE recieved [GAHOUSTO]Veterans Day from you > > through his sister {JIM & GAILA [email protected](JIM&GAILA) > > I would like to know if you know orgin for sure or close to start of > this, > >my brother had read it several years early and was interested in knowing > >orgin of this beautiful story. please help , any information will be > helpful, > >THANKS .-IS THIS TRUE STORY > > TOD MOORE _ [email protected] > > > ==== GAHOUSTO Mailing List ==== > Visit Houston Co., GAGenWeb, the parent site for > this list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahousto/ > and check out the offerings