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| Title |
CIVIL WAR WOMAN'S ID DISC |
| Image |
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| Found in |
1999 |
| Found By |
John Blue |
| Value |
2500 |
| Category |
Relic |
| Heading |
What's in a name? |
| Description |
What's in a name? John Blue wishes he knew, after finding a Civil War ID disc stamped "Miss J. A. Boyer"! Probably thousands of Union soldiers wore the same sort of disc, and no doubt a few bore first names more commonly associated with women. It's a safe bet, though, that none referred to himself as "Miss"! The complete, five-line inscription reads, " MISS J, A, BOYER / WHITE CO,, / W,H,T, / ILL, / CARMI." Was she a nurse, laundress, or other female worker or camp follower who kept the token-like tag on her person so that, if killed or gravely injured, she would be returned to her hometown of Carmi, Illinois? Or was she in Carmi all along, with a fiancé in service- a young man who had her name and address stamped on the disc to ensure that she would be notified if anything happened to him? Either way, it's a unique relic deserving further research... and surely one of the most intriguing finds of 1999! |
| City |
Carmi |
| U.S. State |
IL |
| Condition |
Very Good |
| Contact Email |
westeast@treasurenet.com |
| Keywords |
disk, identification, ID, pendant |
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Entered s0-217-a-gte.br5.blv.nwnexus.net 2000/05/26 15:08
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