Civil War Infantry Tag from Macon, Georgia

[DCMetal]

My friend found this today in Augusta, GA.

I believe it’s a Civil War Infantry tag. The name is : James A. Grubbs, Macon, GA

The Grubbs family has a Long military history but not sure if there’s a connection.

Any thoughts or corrections are appreciated. Cheers!

 

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[villagenut]

Nice one, but it looks more like a later key fob to me.

 

[DCMetal]

Nice one, but it looks more like a later key fob to me.

From my initial research it’s an infantry tag. Here’s the tag cleaned and an example I found on the web.

 

[azdirtdigger]

Cool find!

 

[texjim]

Thats a pretty cool find. Congrats

 

[A2coins]

That is freakin sweet good job Thanks for the great post!!!!!

 

[gsxraddict]

Could be one of these

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search...bs&stateCode=GA&warSideCode=C&battleUnitName=

 

[vpnavy]

WOW - fantastic find DCM!

 

[etex]

Post war in my opinion, but still a nice find either way

 

[sandchip]

Killer find!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Whatever time period it ends up being in, its a very nice find. I would let your research say it all.

 

[smokeythecat]

Try the US Census reports for the mid-late 18th century. You might need to get a trial subscription to one of the genealogy websites, but that will give you the approximate age and then the service record of the person on the tag.

 

[DCMetal]

Could be one of these

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search...bs&stateCode=GA&warSideCode=C&battleUnitName=

That is the coolest site! Thank you!!!!

 

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[thrifty76now]

From what I read in the later posts that is another great find of the civil war.

 

[Yak1366]

What a great piece of history!! Congrats!!!