Michael W.
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2015
- Location
- The Hoosier State
I didn't acquire anything at the Dalton show this past weekend, so I'll share what I acquired at Cowan's Auctions last November. I don't collect ID disks in and of themselves, but I do collect Indiana identified artifacts, and I could not let this pass by. Garrison Allred served in Co. G, 20th Indiana Vol. Infantry. His name, company, and regiment are inscribed, as well as his hometown of Battleground, Indiana. On the reverse side is inscribed "War of 1861", and 4 battles he participated in: Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. The disk was recovered from private property in Gettysburg. Amazingly, the Kearny profile and attaching pin are still intact. Apparently Allred must have ordered the ID disk from a sutler after Chancellorsville, and had it with him one month later at Gettysburg, where he apparently lost it. He survived Gettysburg, only to be killed the following year in Grant's Overland campaign near Spotsylvania by an artillery round. The 20th Indiana sustained heavy casualties in the Wheatfield on July 2nd.