RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED UNION SOLDIER STEER BONE ID -85TH N Y INFANTRY-MEASURES 2" BY 9/16" ENGRAVED WITH THE NAME H C MORGAN (HENRY C MORGAN) 85TH NYI (NEW YORK INFANTRY)- STEER BONE -VERY GOOD CONDITION- HENRY ENLISHED ON SEPT 1861 AT SCIPTO N Y AGE 18- SERVED WITH THE 85TH INFANTRY IN VIRGINIA AT FORT MONROE, TRENCH DUTY BEFORE YORKTOWN, BATTLE OF WILLIAMBURG AND FAIR OAK, THEN IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE HE WAS IN A NUMBER OF SMALL ENGAGEMENTS AND THE GOLDSBORO EXPEDITION- ON TO PLYMOUTH N C- WHERE IN OCT OF 1863 YOUNG HENRY DIED FROM DISEASE- THE REST OF THE REGIMENT WOULD SOON BE CAPTURED AT PLYMOUTH IN APRIL 64 AND ANOTHER 222 DIE IN SOUTHERN PRISONS- SAD END FOR THIS YOUNG SOLDIER- STRIKING I D TAG- VERY COLLECTIBLE FOR DISPLAY OR TO ADD TO A COLLECTION. The item "RARE CIVIL WAR ERA NAMED UNION SOLDIER STEER BONE ID -85TH N Y INFANTRY" is in sale since Wednesday, June 17, 2015. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Other Civil War Original Items".
The seller is "generallee292" and is located in Kingsville, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States.