This ID disc is in relic condition and despite some corrosion the wording can be made out. The disc is cast in zinc or pewter and has some embedded dirt on both sides. The soft metal combined with ground action has caused some chipping and material loss. The hole for suspending the disc from a string has split and was probably the cause of it being lost.

The obverse originally had a bust of George Washington surrounded by “GEORGE WASHINGTON / BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732.” At present all of the bust of Washington is visible as well as his name but some of the birth date is gone due to edge corrosion.

The reverse is stamped “GEO. W. HUTCHINSON / CO. G / 1^ST REG / N. Y. S. V. / ADDISON, N.Y.” The last half of the hometown is missing due to corrosion. Between the name of the town and the regiment is “WAR OF 1861.”

Location of recovery of this disc is not known.

George W. Hutchinson was born in 1848 in Steuben County, New York. He was 18 years-old at the time of his enlistment in Company G of the 1^st New York Volunteers on December 31, 1861. During his time with the 1^st the regiment saw action at on the Peninsula at Fair Oaks, Gaines’ Mill, Glendale, White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill. The regiment was also present for 2^nd Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. On May 25, 1863 Hutchinson was mustered out with his regiment.

On July 18, 1863 Hutchinson enlisted again but this time as a Private in Company G, 2^nd New York Veteran Cavalry. The regiment spent a few months in the defenses of Washington, D.C. before being moved to the Department of the Gulf. While in the Deep South the regiment was engaged in 41 minor battles and skirmishes. Some of the better known ones were Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Mansura and Blakely. Alabama. Private Hutchinson was captured on February 8, 1865 at Bayou Marinquin, Louisiana and was exchanged on May 27, 1865. He was mustered out on September 26, 1865.

After the war he returned to his hometown of Addison, New York and at some point migrated west to Williamsport, Pennsylvania where he died on April 15, 1924. He is buried there in Wildwood Cemetery.

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