85 YEAR OLD Civil War Veteran Lauren Higbie Recorded On Early 78rpm Record (Absolutely Captivating!)
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I bet that's his wife playing the piano and singing with him. <3
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Wow! My great great grandfather served in the CW both as a confederate AND union soldier. Currently, my Dad is 90 years old and a World War II veteran.This could be his song now too! I'm going to have him listen to it and see what he says. Us kids are finally getting to hear his war stories from WWII. I've learned that's common among WWII vets. We're so glad he's still around to tell them. :-)
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Wonderful. I would love to know more about this solider and his wife, but it is probably lost to the ages.
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Thank you for posting this. As a life-long student of the Civil War, I really can appreciate this--this rare treasure from the past. Thanks again for preserving this wonderful piece of history.
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This is 1 of the most wierd recording i have heard... it is sad but yet awesome to hear a man's voice who passed away a long time ago.
I liek the idea of playing it on a original recordplayer but i would prefer a electric becouse i do NOT want to damage it.. the change of damaging 1 is so big... yet i would not even dare to touch it... i woudl seal it all away from all mann kind... and i am 17! WHat a strange world :D
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The subtitles that I'm seeing only translated the first part of each verse. I would love to have a complete transcription of the words.
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Hello my friend, at first sorry for my bad english (I am mexican). Well, for me this is a great jewell, it's a veeeery worthy musical piece, just imagine, if this man was 85 in 1927, then he was born in 1841/42, 170 years ago!!! And so we can listen to his voice, it's simply amazing!! Also, I feel something about the song, this man remembering all what he lived in the war, he loose his friends there, in his voice I feel some sadness. And singing in this way at 85 years old is great. Greetings!!
LGJoe88 3 weeks ago
@LGJoe88 Great comments! Thank you for taking the time to share them.
MusicBoxBoy 3 weeks ago
Wow what a powerful song.
A tribute to what they did ; and you know singing those words he had to feel very mortal.
Yet he had a lot of faith to look forward and seeing his friends again in Heaven
Thank you for this recording.
waynetube58 2 months ago
@waynetube58 My pleasure. Thank you for your comment.
MusicBoxBoy 2 months ago
Not only is this quite an important historical artifact, it's a Marsh 78 in quite collectible condition. Marsh 78s are incredibly collectible (especially their Autograph line) and collectors have been snapping these up for the better part of 50 years. This may actually be from 1926 as my understanding is that Marsh made their last recordings in that year. This truly is an important, significant find.
PJDooWop 5 months ago
@PJDooWop Thanks for the great comments. You're one of the few people who have noticed and commented on the scarcity of the record label as well as the actual recording itself. I believe that I have only one other example of this record label in my collection and I have only a few of the blue Autograph label records. It's a shame that the Marsh recordings are so scarce as the quality is quite good from my perspective.
MusicBoxBoy 5 months ago