I went on ancestry.com and found out this uniform belonged to John W. Spainhour. He lived in Donnaha, NC right down the road from where I live. He enlisted April 25th 1907.
I went on ancestry.com and found out this uniform belonged to John W. Spainhour. He lived in Donnaha, NC right down the road from where I live. He enlisted April 25th 1907.
Excellent find then! Congratulations!!!
Well worth your $1.
WOW definitely an excellent find!!! Congrats with your success!
Is there a spanish american war section in the forum?
looks like Span - Am or early 1900s
6 button fatigue jacket with 1907 sergeants sleeve insignia and artillery shell designation all in red for artillery and 4 year service stripe. Old stock 1900 jacket apparently issued to coastal artillery. Not unusual for troops not considered front line.
Civil war fatigue jacket had 4 buttons.
Indian war ( 1870 - 1898 ) 5 buttons.
I am a little fuzzy on post Span Am and pre WWI period US stuff. I could be wrong.
John W. Spainhour was a Cpl Gunner First Class, and only did a three year enlistment.
This probably isn't the place, but since the forum is about education...
Uniforms during the American Civil War varied greatly. There were shell jackets that had 4 buttons, but for the Union, one of the most common "jacket" was the 9-button frock coat. This young soldier is from the 25th Ohio. Photo was taken in Columbus, OH in 1866 after they mustered out and were issued there state medals. I apologize if this is too far off topic.
Last edited by Brian T; 02-22-2010 at 03:27 AM.
I have found this site particularly helpful on odd US Civil War artifacts.
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/
Hope that this will be of use.
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