US CIVIL WAR IDENTITY DISC BELONGING TO 10TH NEW YORK CAVALRY TROOPER

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Item Code: 490-5240

The face of this brass disc has a patriotic shield at center surrounded by “AGAINST REBELLION 1861.”

Reverse is stamped “RICHARD L. TUKE, CO. D, 10th REG N.Y.S.V. CAV.”

Disc is in excellent condition.

Richard L. Tuke (also spelled Tooke or Fuke) was born in Pratts Hollow, New York on April 9, 1826. In 1859 he married Harriet Peck Isbell and would have three children.

Tuke enlisted as a corporal in Company D, 10th New York Cavalry at Bouckville, New York on October 11, 1861. He became a reenlisted veteran on December 18, 1863 and the same day was assigned to duties as bugler. He was transferred to the 1st New York Provisional Cavalry on June 24, 1865 and was mustered out at Cloud’s Mills, Virginia on July 19, 1865.

After the war Tuke returned to his family in Vernon, New York and over the next few years moved around a bit living in Otselic, Eaton and Bath. In 1877 he applied for and received a pension.

He died in Bath, New York on November 29, 1894 and is buried in the National Cemetery there as R. L. TOOKE.

The 10th New York Cavalry was organized on September 1, 1861. The regiment was sent to a training camp just outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and guarded railroads until the summer of 1862 when it saw its first active service in the 2nd Bull Run Campaign. It was present for Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Todd’s Tavern, Wilderness, Hawes Shop, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Hatcher’s Run, Five Forks, Sailor’s Creek, Farmville and Appomattox. [ad] [ph:L]

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