Oval brass disk 1.25” in diameter with patriotic shield with ‘THE UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION / WAR OF 1861 *” on front with handstamped battle honors, “FREDERICKSBURG / CHANCELLORSVILLE / GETTYSBURG”. Reverse with name, unit, etc. with the following battle honors, “YORKTOWN / GAINS HILL / MALVERN HILL / BULL RUN / ANTIETAM”.

Private Facer was born in Varick, NY and enlisted in the 14^th US Infantry on Sept. 21, 1861 at the age of 19. His occupation at the time is listed as a farmer. His pension file shows he was wounded in the Battle of The Wilderness on May 11, 1864 by a “gunshot to his right leg fracturing the bone”. He was discharged on Sept. 28, 1864 upon expiration of his term.

In May 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for the creation of nine additional Regular Army infantry regiments in preparation for the looming civil war. These regiments were designated the 11th through the 19th Infantry and organized as "three-battalion" regiments, each battalion containing eight companies of infantry, in contrast to the original ten regular regiments of infantry, which were organized on the traditional ten-company line. The 14th Infantry Regiment was organized on 3 May 1861 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, in two battalions with the third added in April 1862. Part of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment saw its first combat action in the Peninsula Campaign 17 May 1862. The Regiment was assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac and fought at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Petersburg. In recognition of the regiment's heroic performance of duty during twelve of the bloodiest campaigns of the American Civil War, General George Meade, awarded the 14th Infantry Regiment the place of honor at the "Right of the Line" in the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, DC at the end of the war. This is where the regiment takes its motto "The Right of the Line". Following the Civil War, the Army was reorganized by Congress in July 1866, and the 14th was divided into three regiments, each battalion receiving two additional companies and being organized along traditional lines. The 1st Battalion retained the designation of the 14th Infantry, while the 2nd Battalion became the 23rd Infantry and the 3rd Battalion the 32nd Infantry.

Pvt. Facer died September 5, 1910 in Washington, D.C. where he is buried in Glenwood Cemetery.

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