CW era button(??) ..Illinois 132nd.

[two_bit_digger]

Just sharing pics of a find from a few years back. Found this Ill. 132nd button while MDing. It was laying exposed in a plowed field where a house once sat (marked in the 1874 atlas). I know little about the CW so i had to look it up and found that the 132nd was short lived during the CW, but was reorganized for WW1 and WW2. I'm assuming that this button is a CW era piece.

quote from Wikpedia

The 132nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry is an infantry regiment that first served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was among scores of regiments that were raised in the summer of 1864 as Hundred Days Men, an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days. Later reactivated as the 132nd Infantry Regiment, the unit served as an active-duty regiment with the United States Army in World War I and World War II.

Civil War Service
The 132nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on June 1, 1864, for a one-hundred-day enlistment. The 132nd relieved veteran troops and performed garrison duty at Paducah, Kentucky, until October 1864.

The regiment was mustered out of service on October 17, 1864. The regiment suffered 12 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 12 fatalities.

I guess that means this button has to be quite rare?? cool find regardless.
Up the dirt road there were 2 other 1800s house sites where i found other buttons that could be CW era, and quite a few large cents and silver from the 1800s.

 

[del]

its a cool piece Two_bit_digger , that style of pin ( letters and form) looks more WW1 and later type than the Civil War ones . i still would love one for my collection . thanks for showing it .

Dan

 

[Ill Digger]

That is a cool piece! thumbsup01 You just gotta love huntin' those old home sites :drool:
You just never know what you'll find! :yes:
Congrats! :grin:
Here's one real similar to yours on Ebay.
This one is from New York. I didn't even notice the ILL over the top of the US. 8/ lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-YORK-132nd-REGIMENT-TYPE-II-U-S-ARMY-COLLAR-DISK-/15049079998:eyebrowt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2309f35f74

 

[two_bit_digger]

Gentlemen, thanks for your help...and the link. Here's a pic of the other buttons found at those nearby sites. Ill Digger, that is hard to see, even in person.

Found out that the two buttons with the roosters marked &quot:grin:emocratic Club are 1888 campaign buttons.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/bb-campaign-of-1888-button-democratic-club

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

sweet buttons! |:cheering:

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Nice buttons, thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[fyrffytr1]

All three of your eagle buttons are older than the 132 one. They date between 1854 and 1902. I love finding buttons!

 

[two_bit_digger]

All three of your eagle buttons are older than the 132 one. They date between 1854 and 1902. I love finding buttons!

thank you for that info!!

 

[OxShoeDrew]

I just keep learning things, thanks.

 

[aloldstuff]

Thanks for posting this, I was able to learn something. I really like doing old homesites, never know what is going to pop up.