George B. Bruce was an American Army drum major during the Civil War.
[3] Bruce's book, The Guide was published in 1862, and remains well known as a source for music for the fife and drum.
(National Guard) Band [6] and he is also listed as the Principal Drum Instructor at Bedloe's and the U.S. Army at the Eastern School of Practice on Governor's Island in New York Harbor.
"[5] George Bruce's resume and qualifications have been questioned by some modern groups,[14] and he appears to have regularly interchanged his middle name with his surname, though many publications on rudimental drumming adhere to Bruce's own fictitious account of his qualifications.
as Bruce had claimed to do,[17] but this was unlikely to be the same man as the age and rank of the potential soldier are incorrect.