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Here is a wonderful gouping of six badges from reunions of the 74 Indiana Infantry. The first in the group is a two piece badge with "Member" on the red, white, and blue hanger. The bottom drop has a 14th Corp acorn and has "30th Reunion, 74th Ind. Vet. Vol. Inf. - Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 10-11". The second piece is a ribbon with applied American flags and "21st Annual Reunion - 74th Reg't Indiana Vet. Asso. - Warsaw, Ind. - Sept. 19-20, 1905". The third piece is a celluloid button with a 14 Corp acorn and "74 Ind. Vol. Inf. 62-65". The fourth piece is a numbered GAR membership badge. The fifth piece is an extremely hard to find swallow tail celluloid badge. On the badge is "27th Annual Reunion - 74th Ind. Vet. Vol. Inf. - Monroeville, Ind, Sept. 26th-27th, 1911 - 62 - 65". There is a very small crack approximately 1/8 inches in the middle of the swallow tail. The sixth and last piece is a celluloid button with a Union parade with flags and drums and marching soldiers. On the button is "16th Annual Reunion of the 74th Indiana Vol. Inf. - Pleasant Lake, Ind. - October 11-12, 1900". In todays market you never see this many reunion badges together for one unit.
The 74th Indiana Infantry fought against Morgan and drove him across the Rolling Fork. The brigade marched to Tullahoma and participated in the Chattanooga Campaign. It fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Dallas, Kennesaw, Lost Mountain, Peachtree Creek, and numerous minor engagements around Atlanta. It went with Sherman on his march through Georgia and then into the Carolinas. A great group for a hard fighting western regiment.
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