BRASS STENCIL FROM 26TH MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIER

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Item Code: 1054-2474

This is a non-excavated brass stencil. Soldiers used these to mark their personal possessions. Measures approximately 3 ¼” x 1 ½”. Stencil reads, “G. H. DAVIS. Co. C. 26. NASS. R.”  One small chip out of an “S”, otherwise in very good overall condition. Brass face shows residual black staining from use.

George H. Davis was a 19-year-old mechanic from Easton, Mass. He originally enlisted for three months into Company B, 4th Massachusetts Infantry on April 22, 1861. Known as the "Minute Men," they had the honor of being the first regiment to leave the State, forming a part of the garrison of Fort Monroe. Following that term of service he joined Company C, 26th Massachusetts Infantry on October 25, 1861. He was promoted to Corporal on November 1, and First Sergeant in January of 1864. He was captured at Winchester on September 19, 1864.  Davis was exchanged on March 14, 1865 and sent to a General Hospital in Annapolis where he died five days later.  He was buried in Ash Grove Cemetery.

An original soldier’s stencil with good Civil War history.   [jet]

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