The Captain John Edgell Tidd Collection : Artifacts collected, owned or used by Captain Tidd during his military service in the American Civil War.
Title:
Tag, Identification
Museum ID:
2004.31
Date:
1861
Description:
Bronze ID disc belonging to Capt. John E. Tidd; front reads "Against Rebellion 1861" with a Union shield, back reads "John E. Tidd Co. B 32nd Reg. Mass. Vol."
Notes:
Discs like this one were forerunners to military "dog tags."
People associated with item:
Tidd, John Edgell
Source:
Mrs. John E Tidd
Subjects:
1860s
Military dog tags
Military ID tags
Military identification tags
Name tags
Soldiers identifications
United States——History——Civil War, 1861—1865
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