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  • What does 1st A.C. Mean?

    I found this posted on Ebay, but couldn't figure out what the last line meant. Its a Smoothside canteen marked "J. Dougherty, Co. K 5th regt, 1st A. C." the seller is saying it is a union artillerist's canteen. Anyone have any idea what "1st A. C. " stands for? The only J. Dougherty I could find who was in a company K was in the 5th US infantry.
    Here is the link to the post

    Thanks,
    Mike Dougherty
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    Re: What does 1st A.C. Mean?

    What of the possibility that the canteen's original owner's service was misidentified? Just perusing the CWSSS for this name, 5th Regiment, I found that the 5th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Regiment was assigned several times to the First Corps during the first two years of the war. A John Dougherty is listed in Company D. There is also a John J. Dougherty listed with Company K, 5th U.S. Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
    Bob Welch

    The Eagle and The Journal
    My blog, following one Illinois community from Lincoln's election through the end of the Civil War through the articles originally printed in its two newspapers.

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      Re: What does 1st A.C. Mean?

      1st Army Corps
      Respectfully,

      Jeremy Bevard
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      Civil War Digital Digest
      Sally Port Mess

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        Re: What does 1st A.C. Mean?

        awsome, thank you. And I agree, there is a very good possibility that it was mis identified.
        [B][I]Mike Dougherty[/I][/B]
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