“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic sites and
cemeteries built by Hoosier Pioneers. In four years, the quest
has grown to over 600 caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, and Ontario and the hiders have grown to
over forty cacher teams. Thousands of cacher
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INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#618
"NEW OLD MEXICO"
Welcome Mexico Cemetery, Mexico, Miami County,
Indiana.
There are two Civil War Musicians buried in this
cemetery.
Each company in an infantry regiment had a musician who was
usually a drummer. They were relied upon to play drum beats to call
the soldiers into formation and for other events. Drums got the
soldiers up in the morning, signaled them to report for morning
roll call, sick call, and guard duty. Drummers also played at night
to signal lights out or "taps".
The most important use of drums was on the battlefield where
they were used to communicate orders from the commanding officers
and signal troop movement. Bugals were also used to transmit
orders.
Civil War drums were made of wood that had been cut into thin
layers, steamed, and formed into a round shell. The outside of a
Union drum was often painted and featured a large eagle displaying
its wings with the stars and stripes flowing around it. The heads
of the drum were made from calfskin and stretched tight by
ropes.
Drummers were often accompanied by a fifer.
The fife was a high-pitched instrument, similar to a piccolo,
and usually made of rosewood. This hollow wooden instrument was
played by blowing wind over one hole and controlling the pitch with
fingers placed over other holes along the length of the tube.
Fancier fifes had brass fittings and engravings on them. Like
drummers, the fifers were also part of the regiment's band who were
detailed as musicians.
Not all drummers, fifers and bandsmen were allowed to go into
battle, as Buglers were. When fighting appeared imminent, musicians
were often ordered to the rear to assist surgeons and care for the
wounded.
Some brigade bands did accompany their commanders onto the
field and played patriotic songs while the battle raged all around
them.
--LEAD DOG
OLD FOLKS HOME
CIVIL WAR MUSICIAN
NO NIGHT CACHING
The cache container is a
plastic spice jar. BYOP. The cache is not located near a
grave...Do not disturb monuments. If You must sign the cache log to
claim a find. As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash
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