CIVIL WAR ID TAG!!!

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Found this belonging to a Lorenz Krauss. Best find ever for me. Fighting the nats and mosquitos, I prevailed in saving history!

 

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[absosecur]

Very cool. I found one too yrs ago. Not like yours tho. Mine was a guy from haverhill new hampshire. The 6th regiment.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Awesome, this soldier is 15th regiment, I company , Heavy Artillery with New York.

 

[ivan salis]

OK NOW TO DO THE HISTORY FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM --

Lorenz Krauss -- enlisted in the NY 15 reg. company I heavy artillery at NYC on August 24th , 1863 as a Pvt. for a term of 3 years ...he was taken as a POW on may 1st , 1864 at the battle of the wilderness. (Orange, Virginia ) . he was later on paroled -- and was finally discharged in Washington D.C from the General hospital July 14th , 1865

 

[against the wind]

That is a really nice find. A very personal item.
Because of the dates of 1861 - 1862, I'm pretty sure that the tag / medallion is something this individual acquired or was given after the war.
Congratulations on a very uncommon save.

 

[ivan salis]

might have been made earlier say 1861 /1862 and crafted in 1863 when he enlisted -- by then 3rd year of the war soldiers knew that having a body ID tag was important --to sort the dead from the "missing in action POW's" after battles --for the reports that were back to inform the family that you were "dead" -- if the tag showed up on a body you were dead --if not you were thought of as POW or MIA and could be for a long time hold up your families death benefit payment

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FINDS :..​

 

[relic nut]

That's a great personal find! Congratulations [emoji106]

HH, RN

 

[trapperart]

Very nice congrats

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Thank You for this information...now I can't tell it's story.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

OK NOW TO DO THE HISTORY FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM --

Lorenz Krauss -- enlisted in the NY 15 reg. company I heavy artillery at NYC on August 24th , 1863 as a Pvt. for a term of 3 years ...he was taken as a POW on may 1st , 1864 at the battle of the wilderness. (Orange, Virginia ) . he was later on paroled -- and was finally discharged in Washington D.C from the General hospital July 14th , 1865

Perfect Thank You!!!!!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

might have been made earlier say 1861 /1862 and crafted in 1863 when he enlisted -- by then 3rd year of the war soldiers knew that having a body ID tag was important --to sort the dead from the "missing in action POW's" after battles --for the reports that were back to inform the family that you were "dead" -- if the tag showed up on a body you were dead --if not you were thought of as POW or MIA and could be for a long time hold up your families death benefit payment

Great info....thanks!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Should I seek restoration or what are your suggestions? Or referals....

 

[K. FLEMING]

Very cool find

 

[relic nut]

Should I seek restoration or what are your suggestions? Or referals....

Different people have different opinions about this and that is a decision only you can make. As personal as this find is, and if it were mine, I wouldn't do anything to it. It tells it's story just like it is. But that is your call. Congratulations again on a great find

HH, RN

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on a very special find.

Very well done sir!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Any body know a Nick Harris on here? I heard he knows ID discs very well....

 

[peruna]

might have been made earlier say 1861 /1862 and crafted in 1863 when he enlisted -- by then 3rd year of the war soldiers knew that having a body ID tag was important --to sort the dead from the "missing in action POW's" after battles --for the reports that were back to inform the family that you were "dead" -- if the tag showed up on a body you were dead --if not you were thought of as POW or MIA and could be for a long time hold up your families death benefit payment

many wrote their name on a piece of paper and pinned it to their shirt...Union troops at Fredericksburg were reported doing it mid afternoon as Burnside poured one regiment after another at the Heights.

 

[metalev4]

That's an excellent piece of history. That style isn't seen often. Well done.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

What style is this?