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Photograph of George W. Boerckel |
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| George W. Boerckel was enrolled July 7, 1861, at New York, NY and mustered into service August 7, 1861, as a sergeant in Capt. Warren's Company, Washington Greys, which subsequently became Company C of the 47th New York Infantry. Boerckel served in the 47th throughout the Civil War, was recommended to the Governor of New York for promotion for "gallantry and coolness in assault,” and ended his military service when he mustered out as a Captain. There remains opportunity for further research into the career of George W. Boerckel and the 47th New York.
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Civil War-Era Blacksmith-made Knife
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| This side knife was owned and carried by Pvt. James Stroud of Clarkesville, Georgia, who joined the Habersham Guards, Company A, 52nd Georgia Infantry Regiment in 1862. Records indicate that he was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 4, 1863, but was exchanged in September 1863. He surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865, having obviously rejoined the army after his exchange. He returned home to Habersham County, Georgia, where he lived out the remainder of his life. James Stroud died in 1906. The knife was passed down through the family and was obtained by the last living family member. The family's oral history states that Pvt. Stroud carried this knife in the war and returned home with it after the war. The blade and cross guards look very much like a pike head of the type Georgia Governor Joseph Brown had ordered to be made and distributed to Georgia troops. There was a blacksmith foundry which made pike heads a few miles from James Stroud's Habersham County home in adjacent White County, so the pike-head connection may be more than conjecture.
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Hat Insignia
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| This infantry hat insignia was used from the Civil War period until 1872.
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