McCDig
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Got out to Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, MD on a snowy afternoon today. I may have been the only one detecting at mid-afternoon, considering the weather. Dug an 1867 IHC, a 1917 wheat and a No. 3 hem weight but the best find of the this 2-hour afternoon hunt of March 3, 2019 is this Presidential Election token of 1864 featuring George B. McClellan on the observe and an eagle on the reverse with the motto "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved". Here are the best photos I could muster as the token is not in the best shape.
Holed perhaps to be worn about the neck? Carried by a Union soldier?
I'm not certain if there was ever a Union camp on the grounds of the present-day Druid Hill Park but I know three detectorists, who in the last two years have found minie balls here. There was a Camp Belger located at Madison St and North Ave., which is well south of the Park. There was also a Camp Birney, perhaps later in the Civil War, and occupied by USCT; this was also close to the Park.
This token is a known example of McClelland tokens of the 1864 election and is designated as Dewitt/Sullivan GMcC-1864-25; there are two known variants of the eagle design on the reverse. Here is what mine may have looked like in 1864.
...an amazing piece of U.S. political and military history. BTW McClellend lost to Lincoln that year.
Holed perhaps to be worn about the neck? Carried by a Union soldier?
I'm not certain if there was ever a Union camp on the grounds of the present-day Druid Hill Park but I know three detectorists, who in the last two years have found minie balls here. There was a Camp Belger located at Madison St and North Ave., which is well south of the Park. There was also a Camp Birney, perhaps later in the Civil War, and occupied by USCT; this was also close to the Park.
This token is a known example of McClelland tokens of the 1864 election and is designated as Dewitt/Sullivan GMcC-1864-25; there are two known variants of the eagle design on the reverse. Here is what mine may have looked like in 1864.
...an amazing piece of U.S. political and military history. BTW McClellend lost to Lincoln that year.
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