Side Drum, ca. 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Wood, calf skin, rope, Shell height (head to head with rims): 15-3/8 inches (39.1 cm), Membranophone-double-headed / cylindrical drum, Attributed to Ernest Vogt (American), This side drum from the 1860s bears a stenciled eagle design that was typical of the thousands of instruments produced for use by the Union army during the Civil War. The eagle is painted on a blue field, which means it was used in the Infantry, and a banner held in the eagle's beak bears the words REG: U
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Side Drum, ca, 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Wood, calf skin, rope, Shell height, head, rims, 15-3/8 inches, 39.1 cm, Membranophone-double-headed / cylindrical drum, Attributed to Ernest Vogt, side, drum, 1860s bears, stenciled eagle, design, typical, thousands, instruments produced, Union army, Civil War, eagle, painted, blue field, means, Infantry, banner held, beak, words REG, U
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