Military Dog Tags : Civil War And After
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- This video explores the basic history of the military dog tag and closely examines the different styles of Civil War dog tags and soldier stencils.
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Love you Beau
I was wondering did they use Love Tokens as ID's too? But did It have to be a coin? Because I found a Civil War hut with some bricks, wood,glass,utilities,cookware, food bones, Spencer shell casing,food rashes cans,clay pipe stem,oil lamp pieces, hygiene,coal items and some clothing arm sleeve and part of a bow tie. The love Token even though it was not a coin it was hand made and had Initials and an Image of a lady, a number , shaped like a union badge with a carved rectangle on top of it like a ribbon would go through. Not too far where I live is where Union soldiers were walking by. There is If you get the chance look up the Lost Regiment Of MN. They were not too far where I live, must have camped by If ya know anything about the possibility of a Soldiers Lost Love Token used as an ID I would appreciate it. Thanks for the lesson Chigger.
Where can I purchase a Chigg’s Army cap? My husband wants one and I would love to have a Chigg’s Army sun visor if you sell those. We always learn a lot from your videos. Thanks
Can you date that rocker in the background? I have a similar chair (missing the back & seat cushions) of solid mahogany, I think.
Also, I found a framed photo of Lt. Kenneth Ambrose, his last letter home among other Army Air Corps items. All had been tossed in the trash from a house bought by flippers. He went missing in his military plane on a flight back home the same day he wrote the letter to say he was on his way to be with his wife during the birth of their daughter. My Pop was a DAV, so I researched Ken out of respect for him and Kenneth. His plane and body were found in the NW in the late 50s-60s. He was among the first two pilots to engage the Japanese near Alaska. (I'm 73 so without looking right at this stuff, I may be off on details). I found three photos of him with two planes (including his lost flight) and pictures of him, from his childhood to adult pilot, his parents, etc.
Chigg, could you do a video on post civil war use of civil war equipment? When you find a relic, what is the likelihood that it was used after the war? Was bulk equipment sold off? Were uniforms etc used post war?
I'd pay to see the Chigg Relic & Museum ! What a FANTASTIC Historian you are...
A cool cat in a dog tag video. Thanks for keeping the cat in the video….made me smile. Great info!
My dog tags, issued to me in 1966, had my name, blood type, religious preference and my Service Number, not my Social Security number.
Very interesting series of videos -- thank you!
I got mine in 1979 in California. Army National Guard. No service number, but my full Social Security number was on them.
Mine was issued in 1964 and was the same as yours but when I went to Vietnam, I was issued a metal S.S. Card
Same here
" I thought I saw a putty cat" watching from Donegal Ireland 👍
You did see a puddy cat
All the best
The cat loves Daddy Chigg lol 🤣
Beau your beautiful kitty stole the show! You weren't too bad either lol
Yes. You're correct Chig!! No more SSN. I still have mine from 1991. But my current Civil Service USAF card has an assigned DOD ID number. It's assigned now because of ID fraud!! Great video as usual!!
Love the videos from the Relic Room.
Great Video Chigg. Thank you for sharing!!! Curly is just like my Maincoon. Very lovable👍👍👍👍👍✌✌✌✌
Mr. Chig
Im really sad that I probably won’t ever be able to find a civil war bullet! I’m in south west Kansas, we didn’t have a lot of civil war activity and where we did it’s private land that is dedicated to private hunting. I feel like you are very lucky to live close to history. I’d love to have something as simple as a 3-ringer! Thank you for your dedication to saving history! ❤❤
Great video. Love the cat.
Thanks for the information Chigg 👍 Have a great evening
I got permission to metal detect and dump dig. Today here in Southeast South Dakota we got up to 60f outside. So decided to go investigate this new site and it is going to be a good summer dig site for 2025..... I found so much I didn't want to leave.
Get in…
LOL ... that cat is in love with you, wanted scratches real bad Beau.
Thank you...enjoyed. got a kick out off the cat too.
In 1968, my dog tag had my name, blood type, religious preference, and my service number. I think when I was in Vet Nam in 1969 the army and other services changed to the SSI number, but I was not issued a new dog tag. The service number was ingrained into our memories, and I still remember it. It may be just a story, but I remember that the notch in the tag was for a place to wedge the tag between a deceased soldier's teeth, so they could be identified later.
Awesome history, and such a cool find!!! Thank you, for your service, Chigg!!!💖 Curly is gorgeous!!!😻
Enjoyed the information, and my husband and I ESPECIALLY enjoyed Curly's send off!!! 😂
I love your kitty coming into the video on dogtags. Wanting equal time!
I love your helper. What a sweet cat.
That dog tag is just too cool. I don't blame you. That would be my favorite find too. Thank you for sharing!
Professor Chigg is laying down the knowledge! We should get 4 year degrees just for watching your videos. Keep bringing these types of videos discussing relics. I imagine a lot of great finds have been thrown away or discarded because they were thought to be trash by someone.
Look at all those gold bars holding up those shelves!! 👀
Really enjoyed this Chigg and Curly, too. 🥰
Awesome finds, and lesson, Chigg !!😎👍⛏⛏
Wow awesome information! I will be watching out for your next video!
After I got out in 1967 the Marine corps changed from a service number to social security number. They also include your gas mask size
That was interesting, plus lovely seeing the Floofy Cat.
That was very interesting and informative. Curly is a wonderful helper. 😂 he should help more often. Can't wait to hear more!
Awesome history! So neat to see the tags you found!
Always love videos from the relic room chigg!
Curly like civil war relics too! Beautiful kitty.
That's one fluffy lookin cat!
I don't know which one is fluffier, the cat or Chig. 😄
Aye, Brother Chigg! Thanks for the awesome content! 👍
Video was totally cool and so wasCURLY 👋🤩
I was told two dog tags hung around each soldier's neck in WWII. One was for the commander to pull and send to HQ and the other was to put in between the front teeth and close the jaw so it stayed with the body.
Thanks Chigg great information. Curly just wanted in the video 😂.
Hello Chigg! USMC Veteran here, just got out in 2024. Can confirm the identification number on my tags at least is not my SSN however it is a military identification number called an EDIPI (Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier) love your videos always so informative and fun.
Yes! Thank you for doing this video!
Pretty well covered it. Great idea for videos. Some history and some of you finds. Nice job Beau.
Dad, I wanna be in the video. Dad, I want to be petted. Dad, I want pets. Dad, stop pushing me away. Dad, I want some love. Dad, I love you! Dad, I'm hungry. Dad, I want to tell you something. Dad, I want a treat.
Thanks for the Kritter Cam, and for introducing us to Civil War ID Tags. We love your critters.
Great stuff Chigg!
Very interesting
Another awesome one. I’d love to see more of your finds. It looks like you’ve got a ton!
I was in Feb 1964 to Feb 1967 and we used military numbers. I was in the Army and if you enlisted it started with RA and if you were drafted it was US. And yes, we did have a draft during that period.
Good job Chigg great info.
Thanks Chigg! I didn't know about those older style dog tags that were used. I have learned something new from you by watching this video that I didn't know.
Thanks for the cat. Beautiful.
We really enjoy these informative videos
Great video. I have a complete WW 1 dog tag stamping kit.
Thanks Chigg!! Love this, very interesting and informative about these.
The dog tag I found has the name of Joseph C Penny. Milton NY. Co H 2D Brigade 4TH EXC Fire Zouaves. On the back lists the battles he was in. I can read most of them, but others are worn too much to make out. Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Richmond, and a few more I can't make out. It's made out of pewter and is missing the McClellan (it was explained to me at the White Oak Musem, that it is a ribbon and another small bar with a pinned back to attach it to clothing) This item was found in south Stafford (where they wintered) across the river from Fredericksburg. Information I found on him. (short version) Enlisted 8-19-61at Camp Decker. promoted to sergeant 12-1-62. hitch was up then reenlisted 12-30-63. promoted to first sergeant 10-17-64. Mustered out 6-29-65.
Great info as always. Thanks chig
Great video and information
I think it was a good idea the military made dog tags!! 😊👍
this was pretty cool to learn! great info and vid Chig!
Thank you! Very informative. Who's that big kitty! As i have stated before, I really appreciate you guys taking care of the critters as much as I appreciate the finds! Says a lot about who you are as a person. Thank you
Curly! Guess I jumped the gun!
How neat that you found one that was a mistake, misprinted. We can really get the mental image of what was going on there at the moment it was chucked out. Isn't it a wonderful window onto those days?.
Puss is perfectly aware that Dad is gentle, and going to play with a furry fellow.
My old ginger cat would do the same if I was reading a book so reading with one hand, cat wrestling with the other.
But every now and then he'd stop, stare at my face, and deliberately "smile" or really more like a smirk. If I didn't smile back at him, or say something about his smiling, he would frown, and drum his feet like he was doing the jitterbug, and yowl. When he wanted to sit on my lap or leg, he would come and put his foot on my knee if I was sitting, stare, then grin and I was supposed to say "Hello smiley cat" and he would bounce up onto my lap. If I didn't want a cat in my lap, I would say "Sorry mate" and every time he would get offended, frown, and walk off making fizzing noises.
I miss him like fire.
Great video Chigg! yknow you should do a tour of your tour of your collection sometime
Oops, I forgot to mention he was 20 when he enlisted.
Awesome video Chigg! A wealth of information and so cool! Thank you for doing a follow-up and listening to your followers/commenter. Absolutely love these types of videos along with your other detecting videos.
I feel there's good information incoming!
always enjoy your tabletop vids thanks for making and please make more
Love these videos. Pretty cat!
That was interesting. Thanks,
FYI, I joined the Air Force in 1967 and they issued us dog tags with our Air Force ID number on it. Halfway thru basic training they changed over to SSN, which really pissed me off after having to memorize the ID # for basically nothing. No idea what they do today but your logic tells me they probably went back to the ID number.
Allsome chigg great video. Learned alot
Thanks for sharing this info!
Outstanding video brother
Good video Ching.
This is cool
Nice perm Chigg! 😂
great video! the 1st official issued dog tags were just in 1906. the number was increased to 2 just prior to the us involvement in ww1 during mexican border expedition in 1916-17. they were an aluminum disc with a single hole worn on a cord around the wrist. they contained quite a bit of info including the soldiers name, serial number, home state and city, unit, and sometimes rank, and date issued. at some point they started being issued on khaki shoelace material, 1st still around the wrist, then long enough for around the neck. ive got examples with both 2 and 3 discs all the same side. later during ww1, the info was revised to just the name, serial number and "USA". you sometimes see an "old timers" (ie enlisted prior to the ww1 draft), tags with the extraneous info scraped off or obliterated. though i have an example that still says "send for a priest" on the back. during ww1 the discs were changed to having 2 holes and had just the name, serial number, USA and letter code for religion (P=protestant, C=catholic, j=jewish etc) with 1 large disc and 1 small disc once again on the shoelace material. usually you see both on the same lace with it passing through both holes, though i have an example with 2 small discs with the lace passing through 1 hole, with another small length of lace passing through the 2nd hole connecting the other disc to the 1st, somewhat like later ww2 tags are set up. these discs were made by hand with a small die punch kit with an anvil with provision for the disc (also used to stamp the soldiers name on individual mess gear). the us navy had an oval tag that was really cool as it acid etched the sailors fingerprint on the back!
at some point in the late 1930s, these were replaced with the oval, machine stamped tags we see in ww2. the myth about the notch being used to put the tag between the teeth is just that, a myth. the notch was to center the tag as it was going through the machine.
Good evening from Southeast South Dakota
Dunno if i learned anything but that cat was really enjoying it lol.
The very best part of the video is the loving kitty. Interesting about dog tags, but loved the kitty.
My dog tags were issued to me in 1983 and I still occasionally wear them.
Pretty cat...stubborn, too lol
Thank you.
Shortly after I retired they stopped putting SSN on ID cards. I think you’re right that they stopped putting SSN on dog tags too.
In Canada they use a service number now.
all i learned is... you better pet that cat more often, it acts like you never pet it 😂 good video 👍
That next video sounds amazing
CAN'T WAIT , WADO
My supervisor at work last name is Sleeper. Told him about your ID badge. He said his family immigrated through Ellis Island from Germany.
Your kitty made the video,lol. I was yelling at the screen,PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR CAT!
Your cat is very persistent, ha ha
It’s called a “DODID Number” now. Quite a few years back, we had to get new Dog Tags and remove the social.
Curly is pretty burly... and the star of this particular video!
Your cat is interested in what your talking about, chigg
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They changed from using your SSN I believe around 2014 and now currently use your DODID or EDIPI number which is the military version of a SSN.
I Know It's a Lot Of Work . But In The End You Know You Did Something. 😎👍👌✌
10:50 Aaahhh! My face!
When I joined the R.N. my tags had my name and official number, and that was it.
Very nicely explained, thank you for sharing💕🇦🇺🦘
My dog tags, issued to me in 1971 (Army), had my name, blood type, religious preference and my SSN. My dads issued in 1943 (AAF) has name, blood type, religious preference, and service number. We never located our mothers that would have been issued in 1945 USN.
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