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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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