[CIVIL WAR]. Elisha Rathbun, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. V Corps badge.

1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. 2-piece silver badge with red silk ribbon; T-bar attached to reverse of suspension bar (surface scratches, minor loss or plating; minor separations to ribbon). Suspension bar engraved: "E. Rathbun [sic] / Co.B. V Corps Maltese Cross badge engraved with "5" and a decorative border.

Possibly identified to Elisha Rathburn (d. 1906) of Groton, CT who enlisted on 22 May 1861 as a private, mustering into Co. D of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery on the same day. The regiment was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps from May to July 1862. He re-enlisted on 11 November 1863 and later transferred to the Navy on 15 April 1864 serving aboard the U.S.S. Dale and U.S.S. San Jacinto. After the war, he was a member of GAR Post #1 (William Logan Rodman) in New Bedford, MA.

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[CIVIL WAR]. Elisha Rathbun, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. V Corps badge.

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[CIVIL WAR]. Elisha Rathbun, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. V Corps badge.

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