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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2190718, member: 22729"]Interestingly enough, dog tags seemed to be exclusively the concern of Union troops. I don't know of a single example of a Confederate piece. While individual soldiers did carry crude forms of ID...names written in their uniform or carved in a belt buckle, a slip of paper in their pocket, etc., I've never heard of a Confederate dog tag. While all soldiers feared being killed and left unidentified, Union troops seemed more concerned with body identification of some type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 2190718, member: 22729"]Interestingly enough, dog tags seemed to be exclusively the concern of Union troops. I don't know of a single example of a Confederate piece. While individual soldiers did carry crude forms of ID...names written in their uniform or carved in a belt buckle, a slip of paper in their pocket, etc., I've never heard of a Confederate dog tag. While all soldiers feared being killed and left unidentified, Union troops seemed more concerned with body identification of some type. Bruce[/QUOTE]
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