Canteens were the most marked items as a soldier would be detailed to take them to a creek or well and fill them up and you wanted to make sure you got yours back.
Canteens were the most marked items as a soldier would be detailed to take them to a creek or well and fill them up and you wanted to make sure you got yours back.
There is evidence of it happening in other battles, but Gordon Rhea went to great pains in his book about Cold Harbor to bust the myth about Union men pinning names to their uniforms before the June 3 charge.