Charles G. Conn
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 13th district |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin F. Shively |
| Succeeded by | Lemuel W. Royse |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives for Elkhart, Noble, and DeKalb |
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In office January 10, 1889 – January 8, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | William M. Van Slyke |
| Succeeded by | Norman Teal |
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January 29, 1844 Phelps, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1931 (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1863 1863–1865 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 15th Indiana Infantry and 1st Michigan Sharpshooters |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Charles Gerard Conn (January 29, 1844 – January 5, 1931) was an entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer, newspaper publisher, and U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Charles Gerard Conn was born in Phelps, New York on January 29, 1844. In 1850, he accompanied his family to Three Rivers, Michigan and in the following year to Elkhart, Indiana. Little is known about his early life, other than that he learned to play the cornet. With the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the United States Army on May 18, 1861 at the age of seventeen, despite his parents' protests. On June 14, 1861 he became a private in Company B, 15th Regiment Indiana Infantry, and shortly afterwards was assigned to a regimental band. When his enlistment expired he returned to Elkhart, but re-enlisted on December 12, 1863 at Niles, Michigan in Company G, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. At the age of nineteen on August 8, 1863 he was elevated to the rank of Captain. During the Assault on Petersburg on July 30, 1864, Conn was wounded and taken prisoner. In spite of two imaginative and valiant attempts to escape, he was recaptured and spent the remainder of the war in captivity. At the end of hostilities, he was released from Columbia, South Carolina prison camp, and was honorably discharged on July 28, 1865. He was one of only six Union soldiers to be retroactively awarded the Silver Citation Star on the Civil War Campaign Medal for gallantry in action.
After the war he engaged in the grocery and bakery business. In 1871, while serving as a band leader in Buchanan, Michigan, Conn badly injured his hand while working at the local zinc Horse collar-pad factory. The accident forced Conn to switch from violin to cornet.
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