🥇 BANNER Civil War ID tag!!!

Marc in VA

Marc in VA

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Jun 27, 2003
69
170
Stafford, VA
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Was digging out a hut yesterday and finding eagle buttons and 44 caliber pistol bullets and roundballs and of course the usual hundred nails. Nothing special. In fact I was getting discouraged since I wasn't finding any bottles. That discouragement changed really fast when my last good target of the day turned out to be my first readable ID tag. Front reads War Of 1861. Back reads Ira C. Evans. Co. C. 12th Reg. Concord. He mustered into the New Hampshire Infantry in Concord in 1862 as a private/musician and mustered out at the end of the war as Chief Musician. He fought in Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Williamsburg, Petersburg and Richmond. He died at Concord in 1902. The 12th New Hampshire was very decorated. They were known as the Mountaineers. They lost the 5th most soldiers of any unit during the war. So happy to have found and saved this piece of history.
 

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eyemustdigtreasure

eyemustdigtreasure

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Banner, for sure!
Something special about finding a name out of history, then learning all about him...!
That is what this hobby is all about. GOOD SHOW! :thumbsup:
 

PaDirtDigger

PaDirtDigger

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Something like that should be something more than banner... Wow.... I honestly never even knew about those items before... Cannot get any more personal than that... Kudos!!
 

Valley Ranger

Valley Ranger

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Stunning! Congratulations!
 

smokedaddy

smokedaddy

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Very cool find. Nice history of the tag to boot. Good Job !
 

Steve in PA

Steve in PA

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Marc in VA said:
Hey Steve he might be a distant relative of yours! :occasion14:
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Marc, you are right. It probably is a distant relative of mine since my last name is Evans. But if you try to return it to me, I will just send it back to you :laughing7:
 

rreahard

rreahard

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Unbelievable find!! Huge congrats!!
 

LPN1

LPN1

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29
New Brunswick
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Wow...that is a special find, glad you were able to save this piece of history:icon_thumleft:
 

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Boonieguy

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I found an old trunk in my basement that has a railroad shipping tag that has Ira c Evans listed as the receiving person . Come to find out he was a Dr and was born around 1912 . Wonder if there're related ?
 

against the wind

against the wind

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Incredible find and research.
This post uncovered a lot of information.
I didn't know when the first U.S. dog tags were worn.
John Kennedy, 1862,, wow,, what a coincidence.
Congrats on a well deserved Banner
 

Diggin Dude

Diggin Dude

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That is incredible!! Banner find! Congrats and HH
 

Tlh325

Tlh325

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On my bucket list for sure. .

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Wildcat1750

Wildcat1750

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Awesome. I've seen modern reproductions of this tag but never the real deal! Congratulations on making BANNER! :icon_thumright:
 

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btjbtj

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Aug 27, 2016
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Wonderful. And love the history on it! Thanks for sharing. ~Lisa & John
 

Sam Holden

Sam Holden

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Sep 26, 2020
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NEW YORK
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The finds that are the coolest to me are the ones you can narrow down to one individual person. That is an awesome find!
 

Digger RJ

Digger RJ

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Aug 24, 2017
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Marc in VA said:
Was digging out a hut yesterday and finding eagle buttons and 44 caliber pistol bullets and roundballs and of course the usual hundred nails. Nothing special. In fact I was getting discouraged since I wasn't finding any bottles. That discouragement changed really fast when my last good target of the day turned out to be my first readable ID tag. Front reads War Of 1861. Back reads Ira C. Evans. Co. C. 12th Reg. Concord. He mustered into the New Hampshire Infantry in Concord in 1862 as a private/musician and mustered out at the end of the war as Chief Musician. He fought in Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Williamsburg, Petersburg and Richmond. He died at Concord in 1902. The 12th New Hampshire was very decorated. They were known as the Mountaineers. They lost the 5th most soldiers of any unit during the war. So happy to have found and saved this piece of history.
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Super Cool!!! Congrats!!!
 

ivan salis

ivan salis

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now thats specdial --wonder if he has any living family ?
 

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