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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Walkinshaw Drum
Drum from the American Civil War, exhibited in the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Civil War Drum used on Union Navy gunboat Benton by Samuel Walkinshaw, gunboat engineer.
Donated by great grand-daughter Mable Langsdale.
Photo by Daderot.
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An article by W. Lee Vinson, author and publisher of BostonDrumBuilders.com and blog.BostonDrumBuilders.com . For Lee's story about ...

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This gem surfaced recently. I guess the date of the drum to be from 1813 (the date of another Frederick Lane drum discussed below) or 1821-...
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An article by W. Lee Vinson, author and publisher of BostonDrumBuilders.com and blog.BostonDrumBuilders.com . For Lee's story about ...
Mable T. Langsdale was my grandmother...I remember when she donated this along with other items of his
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