Found on CW site? But what?

crashbro17x · Dec 27, 2008

My dad found this while we were on a a civil war site. It was a pretty good fight where he found it. We've found a lot of bullets, buttons, cannon ball frags, and other things. Just wondered if anyone had an idea what this plate is, or where I could find some information on it or other plates like it. Thanks!

This is still the front of the plate...with a little more light.

It is a number 25 with ALABAMA under the 25. Sorry I didn't take a pic of the back, but you just couldn't tell much about it from the back. Dad said the detector gave a brass signal.Any info would be appreciated!

Thanks

RELICDUDE07 · Dec 28, 2008

Im not for sure,but it could be a railroad luggage tag.

trikikiwi · Dec 28, 2008

Very cool Find :thumbsup:

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RELICDUDE07 said:
Im not for sure,but it could be a railroad luggage tag.

From what I have learnt from Tnet, that's a possibility.
I'm here for the ride.
Mike

detector de metales · Dec 28, 2008

If it is a railroad tag there should be a makers mark somewhere next to the top of the loop. Any possiblity of cleaning it further ( with out damaging it of course)?
If it is a tag. This guy would know
http://www.tagtown.net/tagtown.html
good luck!!
J2

dnewbury2 · Dec 28, 2008

Research the units in the battle. 25th Alabama Regiment?

Monty · Dec 28, 2008

Early in the War the South controlled most of the railroads. Could very well be a baggage tag. Monty

crashbro17x · Dec 28, 2008

This battle was fought on October, 27 1864.

RELICDUDE07 · Dec 28, 2008

Time table number 25 showed two round trip passenger trains a day running between Anniston and Sylacauga in September of 1887. But timetable number 33 issued in 1888 listed only one round trip a day between the two cities. In August of 1888, Anniston & Atlantic had entered into an agreement with Western Railway of Alabama and the Columbus & Western Railroad to move passengers from Montgomery to Opelika to Sylacauga to Talladega to Anniston to counter much higher ticket prices charged by L&N. The revised 1888 schedule showed train number 2 leaving Anniston at 11:20am, arriving in Talladega at 12:52pm and Sylacauga at 2:00pm. The return trip ran as train number 1 and arrived back in Anniston at 5:08pm. These were mixed mail, passenger and express trains. Also in 1888, Anniston & Atlantic switched to total telegraph operations instead of telephone.

ivan salis · Dec 28, 2008

nice bit of research there relicdude --I'm impressed. --- so do you think Anniston & Atlantic ( railroad luggage tag) from from about 1887 -- (time table no. 25) thus --- train 25 bound to or from alabama (so the luggage sorters would know ) (thus) 25 alabama

or western alabama railroad --claim chit number 25? (thus) 25 alabama

crashbro17x · Dec 28, 2008

RELICDUDE07 said:
Time table number 25 showed two round trip passenger trains a day running between Anniston and Sylacauga in September of 1887. But timetable number 33 issued in 1888 listed only one round trip a day between the two cities. In August of 1888, Anniston & Atlantic had entered into an agreement with Western Railway of Alabama and the Columbus & Western Railroad to move passengers from Montgomery to Opelika to Sylacauga to Talladega to Anniston to counter much higher ticket prices charged by L&N. The revised 1888 schedule showed train number 2 leaving Anniston at 11:20am, arriving in Talladega at 12:52pm and Sylacauga at 2:00pm. The return trip ran as train number 1 and arrived back in Anniston at 5:08pm. These were mixed mail, passenger and express trains. Also in 1888, Anniston & Atlantic switched to total telegraph operations instead of telephone.

ivan salis said:
nice bit of research there relicdude --I'm impressed. --- so do you think Anniston & Atlantic ( railroad luggage tag) from from about 1887 -- (time table no. 25) thus --- train 25 bound to or from alabama (so the luggage sorters would know ) (thus) 25 alabama

or western alabama railroad --claim chit number 25? (thus) 25 alabama

There were railroad tracks not far from where the object was found, but the tracks are probably a half a mile away. I had already done some research on the battle there and it was Nathan Bedford Forrest's calvary there. Forrest had spit up his men and sent half up the railroad tracks and another half in the dirrection where the object was found, but they had been following the railroad tracks for miles. The only thing that I could come up with as far as a 25th Alabama Regiment was an infantry regiment. I do know that they conscripted soldiers durning the last couple of years of the war from different regiments, and so forth, that had taken too many losses but hadn't been able to find where Forrest had taken on anyone from that particular regiment, and if he did I haven't been able to put the pieces together yet.

Now that you have shown me this information, I do believe that it is a railroad claim tag. And WOW might I add to your research. Thanks a lot! That is impressive!