Residents of Vermont take notice, Civil War soldier's ID tag Pownal, VT

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........CIVIL WAR SOLDIER"S ID TAG. One William Burrington of Pownal Vt at age 20, joined A Co. of the 14th Vt. infantry volunteers on the 25th of Aug. 1862, {all part of President Lincoln's call for an additional 100,000 troops to be raised in 1862}. He {W. Burrington} died April 30 1871 age 28 from a farming accident and is buried at the Pownal Center Cemetery, Pownal, VT. This is his CW ID tag. Original CIVIL WAR "DOG TAGS" are very rare as the government didn't issue tags to the soldiers as they did in WW1 and WW2, most soldiers simply pinned a piece of paper into their clothing with their name and unit so their bodies could be identified in the event of their death. Soldiers could buy their own tags from various merchants and sutlers. With a hole punched on one edge it could be worn on a lanyard around the soldier's neck. A article on Civil War ID tags in "America's Civil War" by J. Stahlin says that "This disk, made by the Sicoville Brass Co. of New York, was based on the US $10 gold coin of the period.This tag is made by that Co. and not homemade as some were. The condition is as "fine" as your ever likely to find, allot of these tags were found, "dug" and there condition isn't very good and there still considered valuable and rare. On one side the tag reads W.Burrington Co A 14, REGT, Vt. VOL POWNAL, the other side has the read more

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