After the war, Conn returned to Elkhart and established a grocery and baking business. He was also the first commander of the Elkhart Commandery of the Knights Templar. He was honorably discharged on 28 July In Conn organized the 1st Regiment of Artillery in the Indiana Legion and became its first Colonela military title which stayed with him throughout the remainder of his life. In spite of two imaginative and valiant attempts to escape, he was recaptured and spent the remainder of the war in captivity. Bmw serie z cabrio in vendita provincia di bresciaĭuring the Assault on Petersburg on 30 Jul圜onn was wounded and taken prisoner. At the age of nineteen on 8 August he was elevated to the rank of Captain. On 14 June he became a private in Company B, 15th Regiment Indiana Infantryand shortly afterwards was assigned to a regimental band. With the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the army on 18 May at the age of seventeen, despite his parents' protests. Little is known about his early life, other than that he learned to play the cornet. Los Angeles, California 5 January In he accompanied his family to Three Rivers, Michigan and in the following year to Elkhart, Indiana. The company was founded by Charles Gerard Conn b. The company was sold in and then again inreorganized under the parent corporation United Musical Instruments UMI in Conn survived as a brand of musical instruments manufactured by Conn-Selmerretaining several instruments for which it was known: the Conn 8D horn, 88H trombone, 62H bass trombone, 52BSP trumpet and the 1FR flugelhorn. Conn was divested of its Elkhart production facilities inleaving remaining production in satellite facilities and contractor sources. In the company was sold in bankruptcy to the Crowell-Collier-MacMillan publishing company. Its early business was based primarily on brass instruments, which were manufactured in Elkhart, Indiana.ĭuring the s the bulk of its sales revenue shifted to electric organs. It bought the production facilities owned by Charles Gerard Conna major figure in early manufacture of brasswinds and saxophones in the USA.

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