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ORIGINAL BRASS UNION SOLDIER ID DISC--UNOFFICIAL DOG TAG BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING THEM

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ORIGINAL BRASS UNION SOLDIER ID DISC--UNOFFICIAL DOG TAG BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING THEM
ORIGINAL BRASS UNION SOLDIER ID DISC--UNOFFICIAL DOG TAG BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING THEM
ORIGINAL BRASS UNION SOLDIER ID DISC--UNOFFICIAL DOG TAG BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING THEM
ORIGINAL BRASS UNION SOLDIER ID DISC--UNOFFICIAL DOG TAG BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN ISSUING THEM
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There were NO official government dog tags issued or in existence during the Civil War. Many soldiers purchased a variety of such tags on their own--some after the war to engrave with the battles in which they fought, others during the war aware that the number of battlefield injuries and deaths were incredibly large and to ensure they would be identified if killed in action.

One can walk through Civil War cemeteries today and see many graves marked with headstones reading "5 Unknown Union Soldiers," "10 Unknown Confederate Soldiers," and so on. Soldiers wanted to be identified if they were among hundreds or thousands of soldiers wounded or killed so that relatives would recive their remains for proper burial. Many embalmers had temporary tent facilities in various battlefields, so they could ensure bodies would not decompose and could survive the railroad shipment to their relatives.

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