The bugle was used during this time solely as a signal instrument. By the end of the Civil War, the infantry, cavalry and artillery were sounding bugle calls during "Retreat," where it remains in ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Every evening at 5 p.m. the sound of the bugle playing the "Retreat ... the music is coming from if the flag is not visible). At the last note of this call a cannon ...

Each morning and evening on military posts, a bugle call ... “Retreat” is played, Soldiers who are outside in uniform and not in formation, should face the flag, or face the direction of the ...