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A hard to find badge from the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry.  This badge was worn by a veteran of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry at their 1905 reunion held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  The badge has a brass type hanger.  A red/white/blue ribbon is attached.  Written on the ribbon is "Reunion - 79th Regiment P.V.I. - Lancaster, PENN. - September 12, 1905".  A round celluloid with the 14th Corps acorn symbol is in the middle of the ribbon.  There is a small hole under the "EN" of Regiment and a small hole under the "S" in September.  No pin is attached to the hanger.

 

79th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Lancaster September 19, 1861.
• Moved to Pittsburg, thence to Louisville, Ky., October 18,
• And to Nolin Station, Ky., October 24.
• Attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, to November, 1861.
• 7th Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861.
• 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to March, 1862.
• Negley's Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1862.
• 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862.
• 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Centre Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
• 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty at Nolin till December, 1861, and at Munfordsville till February, 1862.
• Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3.
• At Nashville till March 28.
• Ordered to Columbia, Tenn., and guard Nashville & Decatur Railroad till May.
• Expedition to Rodgersville, Ala., May 13-14.
• Lamb's Ferry May 14.
• Negley's Expedition to Chattanooga May 28-June 17.
• Jasper, Sweeden's Cove, June 4.
• Chattanooga June 7-8.
• Ordered to Tullahoma, Tenn., and duty there till August.
• Ordered to Nashville, thence march to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26.
• Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16.
• Battle of Perryville October 8.
• Guard Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Mitchellsville,
• November 9-December 7.
• Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30.
• Jefferson December 30.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863.
• Duty at Murfreesboro till June.
• Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30.
• Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7.
• Hoover's Gap June 24-26.
• Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16.
• Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and
• Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
• Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11.
• Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21.
• Rossville Gap September 21.
• Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 26.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Battle of Chattanooga November 23-25.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Reenlisted February 9, 1864.
• Veterans on furlough March and April.
• Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
• Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
• Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
• Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about
• Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
• Pickett's Mills May 27.
• Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
• Pine Hill June 11-14.
• Lost Mountain June 15-17.
• Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
• Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
• Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
• Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
• Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
• Utoy Creek August 5-7.
• Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
• Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
• Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10.
• Siege of Savannah December 10-21.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
• League Cross Roads, near Lexington, S.C., February 15.
• Cloud's House February 27.
• Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
• Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
• Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
• Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
• Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
• Bennett's House April 26.
• Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Mustered out July 12, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 118 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 268.

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A very nice badge from the 1890 Unveiling of the General Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia.  The badge has an eagle hanger in brass type color.  The drop has the Lee Monument in the middle of the drop.  Written around the edges is "In Memory of Robert E. Lee.  This Statue was Unveiled May 29, 1890.  On the back of the drop is the Virginia crest.  What is different about this badge is a period piece of paper is attached to the pin on the back of the badge.  Written on the paper is "Presented by Wm. S. Bert, Esq. of Greencastle, Pa., Thursday, June 12, 1890.".  Due to the condition of the badge and the paper still being attached , this badge went in some girls memories box and lucky for us, stayed there.

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A great badge that just came out of an 30 year collection.  The hanger has "Dr. W.F. Smith" written on it.  The drop is in the form of a Sixth Corp emblem.  Written on it is "2" R.I. Inf.".  The 2nd Rhode Island was a great unit that fought with the Army of the Potomac.  I found an image of Dr. William F. Smith on the internet and have attached it to the listing.  No photo comes with this group.

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A great badge worn by Grand Army of the Republic Rhode Island veterans from the Slocum Post No. 10.  The hanger has a shield with an anchor and the word Hope above it.  Also on the hanger is written "Rhode Island".  A blue ribbon is attached to the hanger.  A large, heavy drop is attached to the bottom of the ribbon.  On the the drop is written "Slocum Post No. 10, Department of Rhode Island, G.A.R.".  On the back of the drop is a GAR star and "Chartered Feb. 27th, 1868".  The badge is attached to an old card showing what the badge is.  There is also a manila sleeve with the information on it.

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A really neat Southern Cross drop found by a metal dector.  This cross does not have the top bar.  The chain holding it to the top bar probably broke and the star fell to the ground to be found by a man using a metal detector many years later.  This is from a Crankshaw cross.   This cross is in really in good shape for one found with a metal detector.  There is not much ground action at all!

A great badge worn by Confederate veterans at the 1904 United Confederate Veteran reunion held in Nashville, Tennessee.  This three piece badge is still together!  The hanger has the word "VETERAN" written on it.  A gray ribbon hangs from the hanger.  Written on the gray ribbon in red ink is "U.C.V. Reunion Nashville - June 14, 15, 16  1904".  The drop is circular with the Confederate battle flag in the middle of the drop.  Above the battle flag is "1861" and below the battle flag is "1865".  The badge was manufactured by Stief Jewelry Company, Nashville, Tennessee.  There is a small seperation on the ribbon between the words "Reunion" and "Nashville" on the right hand side.

A fantastic staff badge from the 1914 United Confederate reunion held in Jacksonville, Florida.  The hanger is in a gold color with two crossed Confederate flags and the city of Jacksonville.  Written above the city is "Jacksonville, FLA." and below the city "1914".  A red and white ribbon hanges from the hanger.  Written on the ribbon in gold print is "AIDE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF".  The drop in the same gold color as the hanger, has a Confederate Veteran commander in the middle.  Surrounding the Confederate veteran are crossed sabers, crossed rifles, crossed cannon, a naval anchor, and a bugle.  Written around the Confederate veteran is "U.C.V. 24 Annual Reunion - May 6-7-8".  The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey as noted on the back of the drop and on the top of the back of the ribbon.

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A great celluloid badge from the 1913 United Confederate Veterans reunion held in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  The badge has General Nathan Bedford Forrest in the center of a Confederate battle flag.  Written on the badge is "Official Badge - The Wizard of the Saddle - Chattanooga, Tenn. - May 27 - 28 - 29, 1913.".  The badgge is approximately 2 inches by 2 inches.  The badge was manufactured by the St. Louis Button Company, St. Louis, Missouri.  This is one of the more difficult Forrest badges to find.

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This neat badge was awarded to veterans from New York who attended the 1913 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion.  The hanger on this badge shows two veterans shaking hands with a flag in the background.  Written on the hanger is "1863 - 1913 - New York - Gettysburg".  The drop has General Meade and General Lee's likeness in the center of the drop and guns, cannon, swords, and Union shields surrounding the generals likeness.  The badge was made by the Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey as noted on the back of the drop.

A scarce ribbon from the 1894 United Confederate reunion held in Birmingham, Alabama.  This great ribbon has "Confederate Reunion  C.S.A.  '94".  The ribbon has a dark spot about two thirds down on the right side.  This is a really hard reunion to find any ribbons or badges from!  Don't miss this great ribbon.

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