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A picture of a drum used in the Civil War and donated to the Chicago Historical Society.…

Three overlapping photographic views of a Civil War-era drum featuring an eagle emblem with "E Pluribus Unum" banner, stars, and stripes, shown in close detail with visible wear and tears in the drumhead design.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

A picture of a drum used in the Civil War and donated to the Chicago Historical Society. Correspondence here related to the history of the drum. Drum was owned by Isabelle McCormick's grandfather during the war.

Original title

Item 15511

Citation

“A picture of a drum used in the Civil War and donated to the Chicago Historical Society.…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15511.