Show composed air for taps the air for or taps was conn composed posed by general daniel one day in july oi of 1862 when the army of the potomac was in campat camp at liar har landing on the james river virginia general butterfield summoned his bugler and after whistling some new tune asked the bugler to sound it for him this wai was done not quite to his satisfaction at first but after repeated trials changing the time of some of the notes which were scribbled on the back of an envelope the call was finally arranged to suit the general he or dered then that it should be substituted in his brigade for the regulation taps extinguish lights which was printed in the tactics and used by the whole army this was done for the first time that night some time later permission was given to substitute it through h out thearty army of 0 the potomac for the time honored call which banit can down from west point in the western armies the regulation cx cm was in use ise until autumn ot of |