 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kambani yakavambwa naCharles Gerard Conn b. Phelps, New York 29 January 1844; d. Los Angeles, California 5 January 1931. Muna 1850 akaenda nemhuri yake kuThree Rivers, Michigan uye gore rakatevera kuElkhart, Indiana. Zvishoma zvinozivikanwa pamusoro poupenyu hwake hwepakutanga, kunze kwokuti akadzidza kuridza cornet. Nokutanga kweHondo yeVanhu veAmerica akapinda muchiuto musi wa18 Chivabvu 1861 aine makore gumi nemanomwe, pasinei nekupikisa kwevabereki vake. Musi wa14 Chikumi 1861 akava private muKambani B, 15th Regiment Indiana Infantry, uye nguva pfupi yapfuura akapiwa regimental band. Apo kunyoresa kwake kwakapera akadzokera kuElkhart, asi akanyoreswazve musi wa12 Zvita 1863 kuNiles, Michigan muKambani G, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters. Pazera ramakore gumi nemapfumbamwe musi wa 8 Nyamavhuvhu 1863 akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chekaputeni. Mukurwiswa kwePetersburgMusi waJuly 30, 1864, Conn akakuvadzwa ndokutorwa senhapwa. Pasinei nokuedza kaviri kunoshamisa uye kwoushingi kutiza, akabatwazve uye akapedza nguva yasara yehondo ari musungwa. Akadzingwa basa nomufaro musi wa 28 Chikunguru 1865. 