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GOLD ID BADGE – 127TH NEW YORK; JAMES B. MINTURN
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Offered here is a gold identification badge with strong t-bar pin on back. Badge is round with large “B” in relief in the center (for Company “B”) and engraved with “J.B. MINTURN / 127th N.Y. Vols.” Badge is complete and very fine in every aspect.
James B. Minturn was 29 years old when he enlisted on 8/16/1862 at New York City, NY as a Private and mustered into Company “B”, 127th New York Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant on 3/1/1863, 1st Sergeant 8/1/1863, reduced to Private on 3/11/1864. He was discharged for promotion on 9/24/1864 and commissioned as a Captain of Company “G” of the 38th New Jersey 38th Infantry. He was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865 at City Point, Virginia.
The 127th New York Infantry was organized at Staten Island, beginning July 10, 1862, and mustered in for three years service on September 8, 1862, under the command of Colonel William Gurney. They served in the coastal Carolinas region.
The 38th NJ regiment was organized at Trenton, New Jersey under the command of Colonel William J. Sewell, Lieutenant Colonel Ashbel W. Angel, and Major William H. Tantum. It was one of several “Hundred Days Men” regiments recruited at this time intended for guarding rear areas and handling supplies to free up veterans for front line duty. The 38th New Jersey Infantry Regiment mustered in by Companies and left the State by detachments for City Point, Virginia.
A very fine gold identification badge from the Texas Civil War Museum collection. [jet][ph:L]
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