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Bedrock of the Community
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 Everything about the surfaces and lettering looks like the 1860s  |
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Amazing find. |
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Sooooooo cool! Great find.... no idea really but a c-note seems reasonable....
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Did a little digging. Adam Winters enlisted on 9 December 1861 at the age of 19, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on 1 August 1863. The Veteran Reserve Corps, at this time, was composed of soldiers who had become unfit for normal combat due to injury or illness which did not warrant immediate discharge. In this case, given the timing, it seems likely that Winters received injuries at Gettysburg, a month prior to his transfer. The implication is that he survived the war and likely kept this tag in his possession, postwar.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find and great info from SsuperDdave.
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Thanks again SuperDdave ... Always good to have more information. I too think this tag is very interesting. There are two or three people asking to buy this .. But I am not sure I want to sell it. Some how I find it very interesting to know that a civil war soldier carried it through a couple of important battles. Like a direct connection to history. |
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Like a direct connection to history. That's because it is a direct connection to history. |
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ID disks like this tend to sell in the $500-$600 range. That said, if seen by bidders who have some special interest in the regiment, soldier or even Washingtonia, the price could well exceed the generalized estimate I gave. The Lincoln disks tend to be the most popular, and I recently parted company with one in the Hayden sale.
As a point of interest, one can pay a modest fee to the National Archives to secure copies of the specific soldier's records.
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Wow, that's some impressive research!
Nice find on the token as well!
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Thanks for the kind words, CLS12 and welcome to the CCF!
With some due diligence, one can assemble many interesting details related to the old tokens and medals. I used to travel and visit libraries, but the ever-evolving internet has saved me a lot of gas!
Of note on the ID disk, both the service record and the pension record can be purchased.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Wow ! What a fantastic piece. If I could come across something like that I would consider it an Honor to preserve. |
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I agree, $100 was a great buy. Not only is that history in your hand, it is directly linked to an individual who once held and possibly carried into battle with him. If that tag could talk!
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If that tag could talk! Ah ... But this counterstamped ID is talking to us. It's telling us who once carried it, where, when, why. By researching the original owner and his regiment, even more can be learned. Counterstamps can and do talk!     |
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