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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[Steve in PA]

Congrats on a very desirable ACW artifact. It looks like silver washed pewter, if so it held up nicely in the ground all these years.

 

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[ivan salis]

was it found near the battle site area near orange Virginia by any chance ? --if so he might have lost it at the spot you found it at while being man handled during capture ... as such t would be a highly unique bit of civil war history .. to know the exact spot a certain civil war soldier was taken prisoner with "proof" of it would be awesome..

 

[absosecur]

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

Thats cool and ironic mine was joseph weed 6th new hampshire volunteers company b. He was married on my bday dec 7th , enlisted on dec 7th, was wounded during battle of wilderness virginia captured during said battle. I have drskeletal diagrams showing where minnie ball entered chest nicked top of left lung and exited just under bottom of left shoulder blade. He recovered and was discharged on. Thats right dec 7th. It doesnt get more personal than recovering an id disc. I tried to find decendants but was unsuccessful.

 

[ivan salis]

was your disc found as well in the area of the wilderness battle area -- if so your maybe too was torn off during the struggle of being captured ... I sure these men fought to try and get away wounded or not

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome finds! Great job!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

was your disc found as well in the area of the wilderness battle area -- if so your maybe too was torn off during the struggle of being captured ... I sure these men fought to try and get away wounded or not

Where I found this the Battle in that area had occurred before he enlisted. I believe he lost it just before the Battle of the Wilderness.

 

[jennie.glidden]

That is Amazing! I love it!

 

[feldgrau23]

Ihatepoisonivy,, first of all,, awesome find. Second i may have missed it but did you find that on the wilderness battlefield? I only ask because my parents live on part of the battlefield and are also members of the Orange County Historical Society and might be able to help with returning the disc to the family if you would like to go that route.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Ihatepoisonivy,, first of all,, awesome find. Second i may have missed it but did you find that on the wilderness battlefield? I only ask because my parents live on part of the battlefield and are also members of the Orange County Historical Society and might be able to help with returning the disc to the family if you would like to go that route.

I didn't find it on the Wilderness,closer towards Hagerstown .I am curious if their are any living relatives. I may gift it one day if they' are bit for know I plan to hang on to it for a while. We need to go metal detecting sometime, I haven't done anything around the Wilderness before. I am trying to find a picture of this soldier.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

was it found near the battle site area near orange Virginia by any chance ? --if so he might have lost it at the spot you found it at while being man handled during capture ... as such t would be a highly unique bit of civil war history .. to know the exact spot a certain civil war soldier was taken prisoner with "proof" of it would be awesome..

Unfortunately where I found leaves me to believe he lost it before the Battle of the Wilderness

 

[DirtyMike&Tab]

Excellent find! Great job. That's not a very common style of tag and it's in rather good condition. If it were mine (and this is my personal opinion) I would leave that beautiful I'd tag as it is. And I wouldn't put anymore water on it. The stamped side is very delicate. And any corrosion can demolish the detail in the stamps. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Excellent find! Great job. That's not a very common style of tag and it's in rather good condition. If it were mine (and this is my personal opinion) I would leave that beautiful I'd tag as it is. And I wouldn't put anymore water on it. The stamped side is very delicate. And any corrosion can demolish the detail in the stamps. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Thank you! I'm sorta pissed at myself as it was much prettier when I dug it, I washed some of the silver plating away. Pretty sad but still very nice.

 

[ivan salis]

with him being taken POW on may 1 .1864 and the actual battle of the wilderness taking place may 5 thru the 7th .. he was taken prisoner before the battle occurred ... as they were enroute to the battlefield most likely --so it is highly possible it was lost during the scuffle of being taken prisoner

 

[Doc Arey]

On my bucket list!

 

[sutphin]

THAT DOSE IT I AINT GOING DETECTING ANYMORE LIKE ELL I AINT , NICE TAG AND FINDS<

 

[Xraywolf]

A survivor of Andersonville, impressive.
I wouldn't mince with exact dates too much, was such a tangled affair for both sides. He was captured in the Wilderness, stands to reason he wasn't hustled south immediately. Both sides no doubt had crude field accommodations for POW, no telling exactly when he was evacuated south.

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Beautiful recovery. Well worth the mosquitos and whatever else you had to deal with during a great search.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

with him being taken POW on may 1 .1864 and the actual battle of the wilderness taking place may 5 thru the 7th .. he was taken prisoner before the battle occurred ... as they were enroute to the battlefield most likely --so it is highly possible it was lost during the scuffle of being taken prisoner

Very possible

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

A survivor of Andersonville, impressive.
I wouldn't mince with exact dates too much, was such a tangled affair for both sides. He was captured in the Wilderness, stands to reason he wasn't hustled south immediately. Both sides no doubt had crude field accommodations for POW, no telling exactly when he was evacuated south.

I had know clue he was a survivor of Andersonville prison! Great info.

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

I'm still looking for a photo. Wanted to enlarge photo with ID inside frame. Any help is appreciated. My resources and ability to find certain things aren't so good. Thank You