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Violin
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Solomon Conn purchased this violin in Nashville,
Tennessee, on May 1, 1863, and carried it with him
during his service with Company B, 87th Indiana
Volunteers during the Civil War. Written on the
back and sides of the instrument are the names of
places where the soldiers of the 87th were either
on duty or engaging the enemy. Among the battles
the 87th took part in were Chickamauga in September
1863 and Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864. By the
end of the war, the 87th Volunteers had lost 283
men, most of them to disease. |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Gift of William Conn
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