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Charles Schorn
Charles Schorn (1 May 1842 - 25 March 1915) was a Bugle, bugler in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. Schorn was awarded the medal on 3 May 1865 for actions performed at the Battle of Appomattox Court House, Battle of Appomattox Courthouse on 8 April 1865. Personal life Schorn was born in Germany on 1 May 1842 and lived in Sassafras, West Virginia, Sassafras, West Virginia. He married Mary Gloeckner and fathered three children. He died on 25 March 1915 in Sassafras and is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Pomeroy, Ohio, Pomeroy, Ohio. Military service Schorn enlisted in the Army as a bugler on 8 September 1861 at Mason, West Virginia, Mason City, West Virginia. He was mustered into Company M of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. On 30 June 1863, he was promoted to chief bugler and transferred from Company M to the 1st's Field & Staff company. On 8 April 1865, at the Battle of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugle
The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments, normally having no valves or other pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure. History The bugle developed from early musical or communication instruments made of animal horns, with the word "bugle" itself coming from "buculus", Latin for bullock (castrated bull). The earliest bugles were shaped in a coil – typically a double coil, but also a single or triple coil – similar to the modern horn, and were used to communicate during hunts and as announcing instruments for coaches (somewhat akin to today's automobile horn). Predecessors and relatives of the bugle included the post horn, the Pless horn (sometimes called the "Prince Pless horn"), the bugle horn, and the shofar, among others. The ancient Roman army used the buccina. The first verifiable formal use of a brass bugle as a military signal device was the ''Halbmondbläser'', or half-moon bugle, used in Hanover in 1758. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |