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| Title |
CIVIL WAR SILVER ID PIN |
| Image |
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| Found in |
1999 |
| Found By |
Jim Yates |
| Value |
1200 |
| Category |
Pin |
| Heading |
Engraved, "C. Lincoln, C, 119th Ill. V.I. |
| Description |
Invited to the Grand National Relic Shootout in Louisiana, Jim Yates found himself in distinctly unfamiliar territory. Not only that, but it was his first Civil War relic hunt. Working through furrowed mud that morning, he picked up a couple of Minies, along with a few modern coins lost by farmhands. Would luck catch up with him in the afternoon hunt? The answer came when Jim spied something glinting where another participant had been digging. "At first, I thought it was a piece of an aluminum can, but then I noticed lettering on it and decided to let one of the other guys have a look at it. He said, 'You didn't really find this, did you?' and that's when I knew I'd scored!" The shield-shaped silver pin is engraved, "C. Lincoln, C, 119th Ill. V.I.," and through National Archives records Jim learned that it had been worn by Charles Lincoln, an 18-year-old farm boy who in 1862 enlisted in Company C of the 119th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama in 1865, Lincoln returned home, married and became the father of ten children, and remained in his native state the rest of his life. Behind every find is someone's story. Thanks to Jim Yates, Charles Lincoln's won't be forgotten. |
| U.S. State |
LA |
| Contact Email |
westeast@treasurenet.com |
| Keywords |
pin civil war |
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Entered s0-217-a-gte.br5.blv.nwnexus.net 2000/05/26 16:32
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