![]() Another of Mosby's men shot and killed Ames' assailant, who was engaged in going through Ames' pockets. Ames' dog tag was dug up in the early 1960s by a Frederick County, Md., collector, according to the Heritage auction lot description. 9, 1864, by a Union soldier in front of "Yew Hill" near Delaplane, Va. Mosby, nicknamed the "Gray Ghost." Mosby commanded the the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders. Ames ended up joining Confederate troops under the command of Col. 2, 1863, allegedly because of his opposition to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. 29, 1861, and mustered into Company M two days later. ?A 30-millimeter brass dog tag belonging to James F. The reverse bears a raised, spread-winged eagle with shield on breast and inscribed above IN THE WAR OF UNION, and below, 1861, 2 & 3 & 4. 6, 1862, in Brockport, N.Y., and mustered out on June 7, 1865, in Norfolk, Va. Lorenzo Brown of Company M, 3rd New York Cavalry. ?A 30-millimeter brass patriotic identification disk for Pvt. The reverse bears Conrad's military service with each letter of the inscriptions individually punched incuse. The tag's obverse has a portrait identified as George Washington, with SECURITY below. The unit lost 153 killed and mortally wounded. The 1st New Jersey Volunteers experienced numerous battles with Confederate troops during his tenured service. ?A 30-millimeter pewter Civil War dog tag for August Conrad (misspelled "Conard" on the tag), a member of Company E of the 1st New Jersey Volunteers. Conrad joined the regiment on May 23, 1861, and was discharged June 23, 1864. Among the other Civil War collectibles offered in Heritage's two-day sale are:
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