I was searching at a site in New Bern, NC several years back and came across several artifacts and one of them lead me to Ashley, IL. It's a piece of lead approx. 2" long, 0.5" wide, and 1/8" thick. On one side there is the crudely stamped name "Chas McMillen". On the other side "Ashley Illinois". I believe that this is some type of dog tag that a soldier made from a 3-ringer bullet. The little bit of research that I've accomplished shows that a "Charles McMillan" was attached to the 4th Virginia Cavalry and that he's buried in Perry County, Illinois. Other research shows that there was also a Charles McMillan, 14th Virginia Cavalry, Co. A. (a Confederate, CSA, Rebel unit) and McMillan, Charles 4th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry (a Federal, US, Union unit). I think that the aforementioned 4th Virginia Cavalry was possibly a misprint and that one of the last 2 mentioned are closer to the actual units. I do understand that you cannot do personal research for me but can you or another historian point me in the direction of some possible living descendants? I would very much love to be able to hand this very personalized artifact over to a family.