[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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