Hallo!
C 8885.
IMHO, hard to say.
C 8654 went to Company "A," 1st Maryland PHB Cavalry in April of 1865.
C 8863 went to Company "A," 1st Maryland PHB Cavalry in April of 1865.
Next known number was C 9318 that went to Company "H," 5th Illinois Vol. Cavalry in May of 1864.
Sometimes one can glean and idea when there is a range of serial numbers issued to a unit. Such as guessing that if gun number 1-10 was issued en masse, then maybe a number 5 say would have been in that batch.
Or not.
Sometimes, an odd number is an odd gun. Meaning it may have been a replacement for one damaged, lost, stolen, or captured and has nothing in common with the serial number ranges of the unit's initial bulk issuance.
In this case, while we do not know.... C 8885 is relatively close to C 8863 and may have (Or not...) gone to the same place as "A" of the 1st Med Cav., did get one as high as C 10375.
Curt
Curt Schmidt
Formerly 17 years a Sherman's Bodyguard
Married to a descendant of Senator John Sherman's wife
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