| Show Composed Air Mr for tor Taps The air for Taps was composed b by General Daniel Butterfield One day In July of 1862 when the Army of the Potomac was in camp at HarI Harrisons Harrisons Har Har- landing on the James river I Virginia General Butterfield summoned summoned summoned sum sum- his bugler and nd after whistling to the bugler some new tune asked sound it for him This was done not quite to his satisfaction at first fast but after repeated ted trials changing the time of some of the notes which were scribbled on the back of an nn finally arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar envelope the call was He ordered ordered ordered or or- ranged to suit sult the general dered then that tha t it should be substituted substituted substituted in his brigade for the regulation regulation regu regu- lation Taps extinguish which was printed in the Tactics and used by the whole arm army This that first time was done for the night S Some me time later permission was given to substitute it 11 throughout thrown through the Potomac for Cor out the Army of the time honored call which cam cani dow down down- L from West Point In the western Vesten armies the regulation c was m in muse use until the autumn of I |
