SOLD!!! A neat badge worn by Union veterans in Ohio and Indiana endorsing a $1.00 per day pension. The hanger of the badge is a celluloid button/pin back. On the pin back are crossed U.S. flags. Written around the flags is "Saved by the Boys of "61-65". A wite ribbon is attached to the pin back. Written in black ink on the ribbon is "I Endorse The $1 Per Day Pension as Recommended By The Departments of Ohio and Indiana G.A.R.". On the back of the ribbon is the name "Horatio C. Claypool". The badge was made by the Ohio Badge Company, Columbus, Ohio as noted in the back of the pin back.
A nice badge worn by Indiana Union veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic at their 1913 Department of Indiana encampment held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The hanger has the likeness of a Grand Army of the Republic Membership badge surrounded by laurel leaves. Two crossed United States flags are under the membership badgge with the word "Delegate" written on it. Attached to the hanger is a round disk with "Maj. Gen. R.S.Foster" written on it and his likeness. Also Attached to the hanger by two long chains is the bottom drop with the likeness of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument on it. Written on the bottom drop is "Department of Indiana - May 1913 - Indianapolis". Crossed rifles are under the word "Indianapolis". The badgge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey as noted on the back of the bottom drop.
A very clean and nice badge worn by Indiana veterans at the 1919 Department of Indiana State encampment held in Elkhart, Indiana. The hanger has an eagle holding a saber over crossed cannons and a Union shield. In a rectangle under the eagle are the letters "G.A.R.". Attached to the hanger by two chain links is a heart shaped drop with the likeness of an elk in the middle. Written around the elk is "Elkhart - 40th Annual Encampment Department of Indiana". A red, white, and blue ribbon is attached to the hanger and behind the heart shapped drop. On the bottom of the ribbon is a metal drop that says "Delegate". Attached to this drop is a Grand Army of the Republic star with the word "Delegate" on it. The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey.
1909 Crawfordsville, Indiana State GAR Reunion Badge
Item #: 15519
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SOLD!!! A nice three piece badge worn by Indiana veterans at the 1909 Department of Indiana encampment held in Crawfordsville. The badge is made of a bronze type metal. The hanger is very ornate with the letters "G A R' in script and the likeness of a G.A.R. membership badge on it. also there are crossed cannons and a pair of sabers. The word "Delegate" is written over the GAR badge. Attached to the hanger by a small metal chain is the first drop. Written on the drop is "Crawfordsville's Heros - Canby, Morgan, and Manson". The second drop is attached by one link to the first drop. Written on this drop is "Dept. of Indiana - Crawfordsville - May, 1909". Author and General Lew Wallace has his likeness in the center of the badge with "Wallace" written under his likeness. Lew Wallace wrote the epic "Ben Hur". The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company of Newark, New Jersey as noted on the back of the hanger and third drop.
Old Bucktails, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves Gettysburg Badge
Item #: 15506
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SOLD!!! A fantastic badge worn by members of the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (42nd Pennsylvania Infantry) -the original Pennsylvania buck tails! This beautiful badge has the likeness of a massive buck in the middle of the badge. Written on the badge is "24th Annual Reunion - OLD BUCK TAILS - Gettysburg, PA. - September 27, 1910".
Without a doubt, the Bucktails are Pennsylvania's most famous Civil War unit. The regiment first formed in April 1861, when Thomas L. Kane sought permission to raise a company of riflemen from among the hardy woodsmen of McKean County. Each man who came to the regiment's rendezvous point wore civilian clothes and a buck's tail in his hat-a symbol of his marksmanship.
Indeed, the marksman test for joining the unit was unique at this early stage of the war. Most volunteers who joined the Union army did not have much proficiency with a weapon, let alone the newfangled rifled-muskets first introduced in the 1850s.
After the muster, Kane moved his men south to the Sinnamahoning River, where they constructed rafts. On April 26, more than 300 men boarded three large rafts for the voyage downriver to the West Branch of the Susquehanna and from there to Harrisburg, where they hoped to join the troops assembling there.
Educated in England and France, Kane was a lawyer who had founded the town named after him in McKean County, and who had the distinction of being arrested by his father, a U. S. district judge, for his anti-slavery stance. In 1858, largely because of his sympathy for the Mormons, he mediated the dispute between that sect and the federal government and prevented a full-scale war from erupting in the Utah Territory.
Bucktail Robert Valentine
In May of 1861, Kane's companies were joined with others who had arrived at Camp Curtin, in Harrisburg, to form a full regiment of infantry, nicknamed the Bucktails because of the deer tails in their caps. The men hailed from the counties of Tioga, Cameron, Warren, Elk, McKean, Clearfield, Perry, Carbon, and Chester.
Officially designated the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the unit was also known as the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, and the Kane Rifles. Although elected colonel by his men, Kane, recognizing his lack of military skill, deferred to a more competent leader and instead became lieutenant colonel.
The Bucktails were divided in half in the spring of 1862. Four companies served under Kane's leadership in the Shenandoah Valley, while the other six fought on the Peninsula at Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, and Glendale. The regiment also fought at Second Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. By that time, heavy casualties had so reduced the strength of the Pennsylvania Reserves that the division was detached from active duty and sent back to Washington to rest and refit.
When Lee's army in June of 1863 crossed the Potomac River and Union troops moved north in pursuit, the Lincoln administration sent reinforcements from the Washington garrison to bolster the strength of the field army. Two brigades of the Pennsylvania Reserves, among them the Bucktails, marched to join the Army of the Potomac. Led by Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, the Reserves became the Third Division of the Fifth Corps.
Marksmen Wanted Bucktail recruiting broadside.
The Bucktails went into action at Gettysburg late in the afternoon of the second day. The First Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves formed along the crest of Cemetery Ridge just north of Little Round Top and, led by Crawford, charged the oncoming Confederates as disorganized fellow Yankee soldiers fell back to reform their lines.Colonel Charles F. Taylor of the Bucktails was in front of his regiment, too, encouraging his veterans.
The impetuous Reserves charged across Plum Run Valley (now called the Valley of Death) and halted at the stone wall on the eastern border of the Wheatfield. Armed with Sharps Rifles instead of the standard rifled-muskets, the Bucktails' hot fire forced the Rebels to withdraw across the trampled wheat. But Taylor, carelessly exposing himself, was killed as the regiment reformed and went into line of battle.
After the battle of Gettysburg, the Bucktails remained in service until they were mustered out in June 1864. Those who re-enlisted were absorbed into the new 190th Pennsylvania, also known as the 1st Veteran Reserves. During the Bucktails' three years of fighting, the regiment had a total of 1,165 officers and men. Of these, 162 soldiers were killed in battle or died from their wounds; ninety died of disease, accidents, and in Rebel prisons; and another 442 men were wounded but recovered.
Promoted to brigadier general, Kane resigned in late 1863 due to ill health. He died in Philadelphia in 1883 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. A year later, though, in large part due to petitions signed by the residents of Kane, the general's remains were moved to a memorial chapel erected in the town he founded. Today, this chapel, which is administered by the Mormons, is open to the public.
This is a very difficult badge to find. This badge is a membership badge to the Grand Army Club of Maryland. The hanger has a beautiful Maryland crest which is enameled on the hanger. Written at the top of the hanger is "Grand Army Club of Maryland". The drop is in the shape of a terrapin or turtle for those of you who not know the difference! Both the hanger and drop are solid cast bronze type metal.
Hood's Texas Brigade Army of Northern Virginia 1910 Austin, Texas Badge
Item #: 15472
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A very hard to find badge from Hood's Texas Brigade. This wonderful badge is a two piece bronze badge with enamel. The hanger is round with a Texas flag and a third national Confederate flag in enamel on the disk. Written on the hanger is 39 Annual Reunion OCT. 26 - 27, 1910 - Austin, Texas". The drop is in a star shape with the likeness of the Hood's Texas Brigade Monument on it. Written around the monument is "Hood's Texas Brigade A.N.VA. - 1861 - 1865".
1903 Grand Army of the Republic San Francisco, CA National Badge
Item #: 15491
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A wonderful badge from the 1903 Grand Army of the Republic National reunion held in San Francisco, California. These great badges have a raised bear head on the middle drop. The hanger has an American eagle with the word "Representative" under it. A large drop is attached to the hanger with the raised bear head. Surrounding the bear head is a United States flag and a California flag. Written around the bear head is "37th National Encampment - San Francisco 1903". Attached to the middle drop is a Grand Army of the Republic star. In the middle of the star in red, white, and blue enamel is "GAR". A yellow ribbon is attached to the hanger and is behind the badge. The badge was made by the Pettibone Manufacturing Company, Cincinnatti, Ohio as noted on the back of the star drop.
Corinth, Mississippi United Confederate Veteran In Memoriam Badge
Item #: RX22608
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A hard to find badge worn by Confederate veterans who were members of the Albert Sidney Johnson Camp Number 1164, Corinth, Mississippi. The hanger has crossed flags, one being a battle flag and the other is a third national flag. The black ribbon is attached to the hanger. Written in silver color ink is "In Memoriam - U.C.V. - Albert Sidney Johnson Camp No. 1164, Corinth, Miss.". Gold colored metal tassels are attached to the black ribbon. A great ribbon from a hard to find Confederate veteran camp!
1909 North Carolina U.C.V. Reunion Badge - Charlotte, N.C.
Item #: RX22607
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A nice badge worn by Confederate veterans at the 1909 United Confederate Veterans North Carolina state reunion held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The badge has a round celluloid pin back with a waving Confederate battle flag. The pin back is approximately 1 1/4 inches wide. Attached to the pin back are a red and white ribbon. Written on the red ribbon is "REUNION, N.C. Div. , U.C.V.". Written on the with ribbon is "CHARLOTTE - Aug. 25 - 26, 1909". The ribbon are approximately 3 1/4 inches long. The badge was made by the Keystone Badge Company - Reading, Pennsylvania as noted in the back of the pin back.
Newton, North Carolina Monument Dedication Pin Back
Item #: RX22606
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A super pin back from the 1907 Confederate Monument dedication at Newton, North Carolina. The pin back has a likeness of the monument with "Confederate Monument - Newton, N.C. - Aug. 15, 1907" written on the front. The pin back was made by the St. louis Button Company, St. Louis, Missouri as noted on the back of the pin back. The pin back is approximately 1 1/4 inches across. newton, North Carolina is south east of Hickory and north west of Shelbyville.
A hard to find Confederate ladder/shield badge! This badge was worn by S.W. Ragsdale of the 12th Mississippi Cavalry, Company A and the 16th Confederate Cavalry, Company A. The badge has two ladders with a shield attached. On the first ladder is "Co. A", On the second ladder is "16" Conf.". On the shield are the words "CAV - S.W. Ragsdle". Between the words are a set of crossed sabers and a Confederate battle flag. The unit fought in Forrest Cavalry Corp from February 1865 until May 1865.
The 12th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (also called 16th Confederate Cavalry) was organized in Gainesville, AL during the summer of 1863. Many of the officers and men were members of the Mississippi state forces and some were from Louisiana. They fought in various conflicts in Mississippi and Alabama, including Selma. Many were captured at Selma, but the unit was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Lousiana. The field officers were Colonel C.G. Armistead, Lieutenant Colonel Phillip B. Spence, and Major William Yerger, Jr.
The 12th Mississippi Cavalry Captain D.H. Williams' Independent Cavalry Company was assigned to Col. C.G. Armisteads Regiment of Cavalry on April 18, 1864 and became Company A of that regiment.
Assignments:
Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Central and North Alabama, Dept of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. (Aug-Sept1864)
Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Alabama, Dept of Alabama, Mississippi and E. Louisiana. (Sept. 1864-March 1865)
Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Alabama, Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (March - May 1865)
Armstrong's Brigade, Chalmer's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana [detachment] (February-May 1865)
A very nice, unusual pinback with a likeness of General U.S. Grant on a canteen. Written on the pinback is "1861 - 5 - 13th A.C.". The 13th A.C. is surrounded by blue and a gold color border. The pinback is approximately 1 1/4 inches wide. The pinback was manufactured by S. N. Meyer, Washington, DC as noted by the manufacturer sticker on the back of the pinback.
The XIII Corps, along with the XIV Corps, were both put into commission on October 24, 1862 with the passing of General Orders No. 168. These two corps were the first corps created in the Western Theater. While the XIV Corps constituted all forces under the command of William S. Rosecrans, the XIII Corps likewise constituted all the forces under Ulysses S. Grant.
Because of the corps' immense size and the fact that it was virtually synonymous with the Army of the Tennessee, Grant chose to subdivide the corps into the Right, Left and Center wings. In December 1862 it was officially divided into the XIII Corps, XV Corps, XVI Corps and XVII Corps. Grant remained in command of the Army of the Tennessee and John A. McClernand assumed command of the XIII Corps. Before the official order was passed along to all the wing commanders, William T. Sherman, commander of the Right Wing, embarked on an expedition against Vicksburg. Sherman's wing of the XIII Corps fought the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou on December 26–29. Although the official date which the Right Wing was designated the XV Corps was December 22, most of the reports regarding the battle at Chickasaw Bluffs still refer to the Union forces as part of the XIII Corps. No matter the designation, it was the first time many of the troops had been under fire.
Arkansas Post
Adding to the identity crisis the XIII Corps faced in its early years was John A. McClernand's expedition against Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post. McClernand was given his XIII Corps and Sherman's XV Corps (now officially using that designation). McClernand labeled these forces the Army of the Mississippi and renamed the XIII Corps "I Corps" and the XV Corps "II Corps". McClernand commanded the Army and placed General George W. Morgan in command of the I Corps (former XIII Corps). The divisions of Andrew J. Smith and Peter J. Osterhaus participated in the battle. Only Stephen Burbridge's brigade of Smith's division bore any heavy fighting.
Vicksburg
With the impending campaign against Vicksburg, Grant took personal command of the operation. McClernand returned to corps command and the Army of the Mississippi was merged back into the Army of the Tennessee and the XIII Corps took on its official title. As the Vicksburg campaign opened the XIII Corps was composed of the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Divisions commanded respectively by Osterhaus, A. J. Smith, Alvin P. Hovey, Leonard F. Ross and Eugene A. Carr. Ross' division was stationed in Arkansas during the entire campaign and did not participate in any engagements with the rest of the corps. In July, this division (now led by Frederick Salomon) fought at the Battle of Helena as part of the District of Eastern Arkansas under Benjamin M. Prentiss.
The Battle of Port Gibson was fought by the XIII Corps, with the aid of a portion of the XVII Corps. McClernand did not bring the full force of the corps to bear at the Battle of Champion Hill but Hovey's division led the attack on the Confederate right. Immediately following the victory at Champion's Hill the Battle of Big Black River Bridge was again fought exclusively by the XIII Corps, Carr's division bearing the brunt of the fight.
When Grant initiated siege operations the XIII Corps took up a position on the Union left. During the assaults on Vicksburg the XIII Corps lost nearly 1,500 soldiers.
McClernand had been a long time thorn in Grant's side and on June 19, Grant found an opportunity to remove him from command. His replacement was Edward O. C. Ord, a friend of Grant's who had just recovered from a wound sustained in 1862. Ord led the corps throughout the rest of the siege. After Vicksburg fell, William T. Sherman led an expedition back to Jackson, Mississippi to clear the city of Confederates which had gathered there. Sherman took with him the XIII Corps and attached to it the division under Jacob G. Lauman from the XVI Corps. General Carr, who temporarily left the army due to sickness, had been replaced in division command by William P. Benton.
Texas and Louisiana
After the fall of Jackson the corps returned to Vicksburg and then transferred to the Department of the Gulf. The District of Eastern Arkansas had been detached from the Corps; AJ Smith had been reassigned to command a post in Tennessee; Osterhaus had been reassigned to command a division in the XV Corps; Hovey took leave of the army due to the death of his wife; two of the divisions in the field were consolidated under the command of Cadwallader C. Washburn; and General Herron's division was attached.
General Banks used the XIII Corps to conduct his coastal campaign against Texas during the fall of 1863, capturing Brownsville. By February 1864 corps headquarters were in Texas and General McClernand had returned to command.
Red River
The 1st and 2nd Divisions remained in Texas but Nathaniel P. Banks took with him the 3rd and 4th Divisions during the Red River Campaign. During the first part of the campaign the corps was commanded by Thomas E. G. Ransom, the 3rd Division by General Robert A. Cameron and the 4th Division by Colonel William J. Landram. The corps fought at the Battle of Mansfield. Ransom was wounded at Mansfield and was succeeded in command of the corps by General Cameron. A few weeks later Michael K. Lawler of the 1st Division in Texas became the official corps commander. General McClernand however assumed direct command of the two divisions fighting in Louisiana under Banks. McClernand was relieved of command due to ill health and Lawler himself personally commanded this detachment. Shortly after William P. Benton was assigned to the corps command but Lawler remained in command of the detachment in Louisiana. Lawler led the XIII Corps Detachment at the Battle of Mansura.
Mobile
The corps was discontinued on June 11, 1864. On February 18, 1865 it was reorganized under the command of Gordon Granger with three divisions commanded respectively by James C. Veatch, Christopher C. Andrews and William P. Benton. This new form of the XIII Corps fought in the Battle of Fort Blakely which led to the fall of the city of Mobile, Alabama. The corps was discontinued for the final time July 20, 1865.
The men of the XIII Corps were never designated an official corps badge and therefore never wore any form of a corps badge during the war.
28 New Jersey Infantry 1902 Point Pleasant,NJ Reunion Badge
Item #: 15308
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A very attractive reunion badge from the 1902 Union veterans reunion of the 28th New Jersey Infantry held in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. The badge has a beautiful yellow ribbon with gold type metal fringe attached to the bottom of the badge. A really neat celluloid round drop is attached in the middle of the badge. A Second Corp symbol is in the middle of the celluloid drop. Written around the Second Corp symbol is written "16th Annual Reunion Point Pleasant N.J. - Sept, 1902 - 28". Written in silver ink on the yellow ribbon is "1st Brigade - 3rd Division - 2nd Corps - Veterans' Ass'n - 28th Regiment N.J. Volunteers". The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey as noted by the manufacturer makers card which is attached to the back of the badge. The badge is in very nice condition.
28th New Jersey
The 28th New Jersey Infantry Regiment lost 51 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 31 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
Organized at Freehold
September 15
Mustered in
October 2
Left State for Washington, D.C. attached to Attached to Provisional Brigade, Casey’s Division, Defenses of Washington
11 New Hampshire Infantry 50th Anniversary Reunion Badge
Item #: 15015
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SOLD!!! Offered is a great badge worn by members of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry at their 50th reunion held in 1912. The hanger is a brass type metal with a celluloid filler. On the celluloid strip is a 9th Corp badge and "11th N.H.V.". A blue ribbon is suspended from the hanger. Written on the ribbon is "Anniversary Reunion 11th N.H.V. - Sept. 1862 - 1912". A metal and celluloid drop is attached to the ribbon. A likeness of Colonel/Brevet Brigadier General Walter Harriman is in the center of the drop. The town of Harriman, Tennessee is named after the General.
11th New Hampshire
The 11th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 140 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 151 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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