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Bath Man Finds 152-Year-Old Civil War Relic

Jeffrey Rees and his team finished first in the 2013 Grand National Relic Shootout in March.

A Bath resident found a piece of history that dates back to the Civil War.

Jeffrey Rees found a 152-year-old identification tag from a soldier in the Civil War during the 2013 Grand National Relic Shootout in Richmond, VA, according to the Plain Dealer.

The tag belonged to John W. Bradt, a Union soldier from Albany, NY, the paper reported.

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Rees and his team, Teknetics, finished first in the two-day, treasure-hunting competition.

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