Civil War Dog Tags

Custom made pieces for wear or display.
Civil war dog tags. The tags primary use is for the identification of casualties. The avengers civil war dog tags new hulk iron man captain america free shipping brand new 4 25 or best offer 3 95 shipping watch marvel captain america civil war dog tag or trading card sticker u pick 1. American civil war identification discs dog tags and other excellent personal items you will not find anywhere else. It sold on ebay n february 2010 for 255.
Eventually small wooden or metal discs were used and referred to as dog tags and that name carried over to their human counterparts. Identification of corpses was a large problem during the civil war. Sutlers solve the id dilemma by steve swain during the american civil war soldiers were concerned that their bodies would not be identified in the aftermath of a battle because neither the union nor confederate government issued identification tags commonly called dog tags today. Powered by vbadvanced cmps v4 3 0 contact us.
Civil war dog tags for sale civil war dogs civil war shield tag for sale confederate dog tag war of 1861 dog tag war of 1861 id tag click on a term to search for related topics. Dog tag is an informal but common term for a specific type of identification tag worn by military personnel. Interesting us dog tag history information during the civil war soldiers started sewing or writing their names into clothing and sometimes purchasing tags from various suppliers to keep on themselves in case of death so that their body could be identified. Liberty union or war of 1861.
As such they have information about the personnel written on them and convey essential basic medical information such as their blood type 1 and history of inoculations. These had a german nickname hundemarken and were based on an identification system for dogs. Civil war dog tags. Civil war dog tags frequently appear on ebay.
Just a few years after the american civil war ended tags were issued to the prussian army in the franco prussian war in 1870. Soldiers under general mcclellan s command carried id tags with his image on them. Civil war dog tags carried patriotic legends.