| Sanford C. West, who drummed the 13th Illinois Infantry through the war; the oldest surviving drummer of the Civil War. He made the drum he carries 66 years ago from an ash tree at Rockford, N.Y., and it has been in constant use ever since. Marquis L. Fowler, leader of the Fife and Drum Corps of the soldiers' home at Orting, Washington. His brother was fifer in the war with Mexico. He was fifer in the 20th Michigan. He has had charge of G. A. R. fife and drum corps ever since the war |
