I saw a ukuleles that had a makers label saying since 1830 or 1850. Does anyone if soldiers carried these along with fiddles and banjos?
Ukuleles in the civil war
I saw a ukuleles that had a makers label saying since 1830 or 1850. Does anyone if soldiers carried these along with fiddles and banjos?
Regards,
Jeffrey Cohen
Re: Ukuleles in the civil war
Corsets were manufactured during this period, so we should also ask if soldiers carried them for their cross-dressing stage presentations, so popular in camp.
Bill Cross
Treasurer, The Rowdy Pards
'In the end, it's the history, stupid. If you can't document it, forget about it. And no amount of tomfoolery can explain away anything that makes history (and living historians) look stupid and wrong."
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