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I'm leaning toward the idea that this flute belonged to our Civil War musician, but was owned by him later in life; i.e. it's unlikely he actually used it during the war. He was assigned to a specific company and AFAIK not part of a military band, so most likely he was a fifer.

Confirmation - I've now found records showing his grandfather is the same guy as the musician in the Wisconsin Infantry.

So the question becomes, did he use this flute in the Civil War itself, or perhaps own it later on?

MNMiker

Hi - First post; sorry to ressurect an old thread but probably appropriate because I have an identical flute. This one came to us thru the husband of my father-in-law's aunt, along with the story that it was used in "Civil War maneuvers" by the husbands grandfather when he was 15. All invo...