One night in the Civil War, a soldier that was a bugler heard another soldier suffering and the bugler wanted to comfort him but was afraid to get out of his place of saftey so he
blew the only music he knew and that was the TAPS. The next morning the bugler saw that the soldier he played Taps for was a dead confederate soldier. The bugler was a Union soldier. This was
the beginning of the TAPS being played at military funerals as a sign of respect for their comrade.
Franklin Stark was a private in the Union Army and his bayonet and other momentos remain in the family.
CIVIL WAR
(1861-865)
Severice Members (Union).........2,213,363
Battle...........................140,414
Service Members (Confederate)....600,000 to 1,5000,000
Battle deaths....................74,524
Winslow Missouri is no longer there, only it's cemetery remains. All of Franklin and Lucinda Stark's Children were born in Winslow, and at least eight of Elisha and Missouri Jane's were born there as well.
The background music on this page is a medley of songs from the film "Titanic". |