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Description: Saxhorn used by the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The backward-facing bell version became the most common brass instrument in Civil War bands because troops marching behind the band could hear the music.
Title: MHS Saxhorn
Credit: http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10253549&websites=no&brand=cms&q=civil%20war&startindex=1226&count=25
Author: Minnesota Historical Society
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