Civil War Bugle / SOLD
Civil War Bugle - Inventory Number: VET 345 / SOLD
“If you want only one representative Civil War bugle, this is the one to have.” The distinction between trumpets for mounted troops and bugles for others was not observed to any great degree during the war and we see this pattern carried by cavalry, artillery and infantry. Made of copper with brass garland and ferrules, single twist and lengthwise dovetail seam, and standing 18 inches tall, counting the mouthpiece, this is identical to the style produced by Klemm & Brothers of Philadelphia and is a contracted miliary horn.
This has a nice, aged patina to both the copper and brass. The solder holding the overlapping portions of the tube together is still in place. The long brass ferrule holding the “C” crook and mouthpiece is original and the brass garland is complete with one wrinkle on the body from handling and service in the field.
This is a very good example of the quintessential Civil War contract bugle with a nice untouched patina. Wartime bugle displayed in GAR museum after the war, with old, typed museum tag the reads, “G.A.R. Post #4 Hagerstown, MD #44 Civil War Bugle" with cord.