[Harp-L] civil war harps



David Coulson <ndavid.coulson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In Winslow's  response to Iceman's posting he states that the popular  
> image of harmonica playing in the Civil War was the creation of  
> Hollywood screen writers, and that harmonica production was too low  
> until the 1870s or 1880s for the instrument to have been widespread.  
> However, in the Alan Bates collection site he links to in the same  
> response, it says this: "First imported in quantity in the early  
> 1860s, they (harmonicas) became popular with soldiers from both north  
> and south.  Many harmonica remains have been found around Civil War  
> camp sites."
> So which is correct?

i don't know how widespread they were.  but i have seen a harmonica from
that time in the battlefield museum at gettysburg.  i believe it was found at
the battle site.

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