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[BettyO]

I think that John Elliott and Barry Cauchon identified the young boy in the photos as being the son of one of the officers - NOT a drummer boy. According to this article there were 10 drummers who played during the execution. The MP3 displayed here is the standard cadence which is played at military executions - thanks to Laurie Verge for locating this "tune".... It's rather doleful. The article further stated that the drums were played without snares and that the "boys" (Mr. Chase was 28 years old when he played!) muffled their drum tops with their pocket handkerchiefs.