PIECE OF HARDTACK ID’D TO A VERMONT FAMILY

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Item Code: 465-42

Complete piece of hardtack that meas. approx. 3.50 inches square x 0.25 inch thick. It has 24 tiny holes arranged in alternating rows of 3 and 4. Cracker is solid and has only a small chip from upper right corner. The item comes with a very old and worn out envelope. Pinned to the inside of the envelope is an old typed paper tag that reads “FROM A VERMONT GAR POST.” Also typed on the outside of the envelope is “MRS. C. GUERNSEY, OR 35 LOOMIS, MONTPELIER, VT.” Written very faintly in pencil in the same area is “HARD TACK FROOM THE REBELLION 1861-1865.” There are other pencil notes written on the envelope but none have to do with the piece of hardtack.

A quick Internet search turned up two soldiers named Guernsey, both of whom entered the Army from Calais, Vermont. George H. Guernsey enlisted August 11, 1862 in Company I, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery. He was promoted Corporal in December of 1862 and Sergeant in February of 1865 and was mustered out on June 30, 1865. Oscar W. Guernsey enlisted in the same Company and Regiment as George on August 15, 1864 and was mustered out on June 24, 1865. The 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery was in the forts around Washington until 1864 when they were turned into Infantry and sent to join the 6th Corps of the Army of the Potomac. They were with that organization from the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse to Appomattox.

 

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