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Lot 325:
American Civil War Corps Badge, Lieut. Col. Orson Moulton 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Mass Vol. Infantry.
Description
Civil War Corps Badge of Lieutenant Col Orson E. Moulton, From the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
He had his badge engraved just after the war dated 1866. Starting with Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition, the Foster’s Goldsboro Campaign, Bermuda Hundred and finally Grant’s Overland Campaign.
The battle honours engraved on the reverse:
Roanoke, Feb 8 62
New Bern, Mar 14 62
Kinston, Dec 14 62
Whitehall, Dec 16 62
Goldsboro, Dec 17 62
Gum Swamp, May 21 63
Port Walthall, May 6 64
Arrowfield Church, May 8 64
Drewry’s Bluff, May 10 64
Cold Harbor, June 3 64.
Moulton was wounded and captured leading the 25t in a charge against the rebel works on June 3rd. He would be confined at Libby Prison and Camp Sorghum, SC.
He was WIA and captured as a POW at Cold Harbor.
Dimensions: Badge measures 1.75 inches H x 1.5 W. Chain measures 8.5 inches L.
Condition report:
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