As the sun shined down on Gambrill Mill at the Monocacy National Battlefield on Friday, the park staff, visitors, park partners and representatives of public officials gathered to celebrate the
Private Samuel M. Weigel had already seen extensive combat by the time his veteran Union regiment reached the battlefield near Maryland's Monocacy River in July 1864.
There were no government-issued military “dog tags” during the war. So a soldier might write his name on a piece of paper and pin it to his uniform before going into combat.