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    Friends

    Does anyone have knowledge of an in depth period drum major manual? The instructions in the standard drum manuals (BE, Howes, etc.) are a bit scanty.

    I have seen this site : http://www.drummajor.net/1Manuals.htm

    but the manuals don't seem of much help for our period

    Thanks
    Alan W. Lloyd

    Member of:
    1st Colorado Vol Inf.

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    Re: Drum major manual

    You might want to contact Cooperman out of Connecticut.

    www.cooperman.com

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      Re: Drum major manual

      Originally posted by Alan Lloyd View Post
      Friends

      Does anyone have knowledge of an in depth period drum major manual? The instructions in the standard drum manuals (BE, Howes, etc.) are a bit scanty.

      I have seen this site : http://www.drummajor.net/1Manuals.htm

      but the manuals don't seem of much help for our period

      Thanks

      Alan,

      This might get you started. The attached article comes from the July 1894 number of "St. Nicholas Magazine." The article, of course, post-dates the Civil War by three decades, but I suspect most, if not all, of the moves shown had long been in use by the 1890's.

      The following video is NOT related to Civil War drum-majoring, but it's features some impressive drum-majoring in the "Prussian style." The best part of the clip starts at 3:17. I suspect some ethnic German bands in the Federal Army may have adopted the thundering, "Janissary beat" as well.

      Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.


      Enjoy,

      Mark Jaeger
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      Last edited by markj; 01-09-2008, 06:18 PM.
      Regards,

      Mark Jaeger

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      • #4
        Re: Drum major manual

        Here is some other information from the 1911 U.S. Army Infantry Drill Regulations.

        Regards,

        Mark Jaeger
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        Regards,

        Mark Jaeger

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          Re: Drum major manual

          This is an extract from Emory Upton's revised 1874 tactical manual. However, I think the instructions listed are identical to those stated in Upton's original manual adopted in 1867.

          Mark Jaeger
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          Regards,

          Mark Jaeger

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          • #6
            Re: Drum major manual

            I finally found a pdf version of Casey's Tactics. You will find the drum-major instructions therein as well.

            Mark Jaeger
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            Regards,

            Mark Jaeger

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            • #7
              Re: Drum major manual

              Mark

              My Goodness! That's a lot of help. Thanks
              Alan W. Lloyd

              Member of:
              1st Colorado Vol Inf.

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              • #8
                Re: Drum major manual

                Hi Alan,

                Hope I didn't overload you. One interesting exercise might be to compare the different drum-major instructions in Casey, Upton, and the 1911 Drill Regulations to see how much (or little) they changed over a 50 year period.

                What did you think of that military band video? Very impressive, wasn't it?

                Regards,

                Mark Jaeger
                Regards,

                Mark Jaeger

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                  Alan

                  Here are some other youtube videos below:

                  I do have some post civil war manuals on the drum major plus Joe Whitney did a in depth comparisons of CW staff signals.

                  As we discussed off forum, I will take some time at the National CW Field Music School at Pamplin Park to go over DM signals. I will make available the files I have on Drum Majoring during the Civil War.

                  Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.


                  Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.


                  Best

                  Jari Villanueva

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