Boys of the war days
Charles King, Brigadier-General, United States Volunteers
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| ‘Jimmy’ Dugan. ‘Jimmy’ Dugan was a bugler-boy in the band at Carlisle barracks, the cavalry depot in Pennsylvania, as the Civil War opened. One who knew him writes: ‘He was about three feet six high, could ride anything on four legs, sound all the calls, and marched behind the band at guard-mounting at the regulation twenty-eight-inch step at the risk of splitting himself in two.’ ‘Jimmy’ was heard of later when the serious work began, and, like many another daring youngster in the field-music contingent, did his duty under fire. |
