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Any ideas on the possible age?

Might be from the Twenty-eight Infantry, K Company, most likely Confederate Army, you need to find out what state the unit came from.
 
its either illinois or georgia probably be illinois one of these guys probably wore it below



Company "K" 28th Illinois Infantry
Name Rank Residence Date of
Muster Remarks
ADAMS, Thomas Veteran Atlanta Mar 8, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
ADAMS, Thomas Recruit Atlanta --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
ANDERSON, Lemuel Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Oct 22, 1862
AVERY, Andrew Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
AVERY, Andrew Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BASTININE, Paul Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Jan 31, 1862 to enlist in navy
BATTERSON, Horace Veteran Petersburg Apr 12, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
BATTERSON, Horace Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
BEATON, Robert Private Lincoln Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Nov 21, 1862; old age
BEN, Francis Private Charleston, Mo Aug 24, 1861 ---
BERNARD, Richard Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Wounded at Shiloh
BISHOP, William K Private Williamsville Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Aug 26, 1864
BRALEY, David Recruit Petersburg --- See Co. D, as consolidated
BRANSON, Andrew P Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 ---
BREWSAUGH, John 1st Lt. --- Aug 28, 1861 Resigned Nov 9, 1861
BROMLEE, David Private Sumner Aug 24, 1861 Disch, May 11, 1862; disabil.
CARPENTER, James M Private Broadwell Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. Disch, Aug 26, 1864
CORD, Andrew T Veteran Petersburg Apr 12, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
CHORD, Andrew T Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
COLLINS, Joseph Sergeant --- Aug 24, 1861 Died, St Louis, Aug 16, 1863; wounds
DAVIS, Cyrus Recruit Elkhart --- Died at Paducah, Apr 15, 1862; wounds
DAVIS, Edward Recruit --- --- See Co. D, as consolidated
DAVIS, Thomas Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
DAVIS, Thomas Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
DUDNEY, Joseph O Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
DUDNEY, Joseph O Recruit Middletown --- Re-enlisted as Veteran
DUDNEY, William W Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Oct 18, 1862; wounds
DULTON, Thomas Private Elkhart Sep 17, 1861 Tr. Inv. Corps. MO with detach. Sep 16, 1864 as of Co. G, 23d Regiment
DUNN, Ammon Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Died at Cincinnati, Apr 2, 1862
DUNN, John H Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Wounded at Shiloh
EBERT, Henry Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. MO Sep 1, 1864 as Corporal
EDWARDS, Elijah Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Died at Natchez, Miss., Feb 12, 1864
ELLIS, Benjamin F Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Jun 5, 1862; wounds
ESTES, William Private Delavan Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Oct 19, 1862; disabil.
FLEMING, Alonzo G Recruit Athens Apr 18, 1862 Died at Boliver, Oct 11, 1862; wounds
FLEMING, Thomas J Private Delavan Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Sep 18, 1864
FORSYTH, Adam Corporal Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Died at Savannah, Tenn., Apr 10, 1862; wounds
FOTSCH, Gottlieb Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Died at Fort Holt, Ky., Dec 10, 1861
FUSNER, Henry Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Aug 26, 1864
GARDENER, James H Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Sep 4, 1862; wounds
GARDNER, William W Private Mackinaw Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. Died, Natchez, Jan 18, 1863
GARTERNICHT, Frederick 1st Lt. Oquawka --- Resigned Jan 25, 1862
GIBBS, William M Musician Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Nov 21, 1862; disabil.
GLENN, Charles H Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
GLENN, Charles Musician Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
GOLDSMITH, Henry Recruit Winchester --- Disch, Sep 1862; disabil.
GOODMAN, Andrew J Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 ---
GREEN, Joseph T Corporal Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Killed at Shiloh, Apr 6, 1862
GREEN, Nult Recruit Tallula Apr 18, 1862 Disch, Mar 10, 1864; wounds
HARRIS, Smith A Recruit --- Apr 18, 1862 Disch. To date May 25, 1862; disabil. Sp. Ord. No. 10(par. 2)
HASELTON, Robert Private Jerseyville Aug 24, 1861 ---
HILL, James W D Recruit Middletown --- Disch, Dec 4, 1863 for prom.
HILL, Phillip S Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
HILL, Phillip S Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
HUNTER, George K Private Mackinaw Aug 24, 1861 Mustered out Oct 10, 1864
HUNTER, John Private Mackinaw Aug 24, 1861 Prom. Serg't. Wounded at Shiloh, Apr 6, 1862
HUNTER, Robert Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Died at Camp Dennison, May 4, 1862
HURST, Daniel Sergeant Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Disch, May 3, 1862; disabil.
HURST, John Private New Diggins, WI Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Aug 26, 1864
HURST, Merritt Private Mackinaw Aug 24, 1861 ---
ISONHART, John Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
ISONHART, John Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
KECKLER, Emanuel Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Killed at Shiloh, Apr 6, 1862
KECKLER, Peter Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Died, Natchez, Sep 3, 1863
KING, Aaron R Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
KING, Aaron R Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
LAFFERTY, John Corporal Middletown Aug 24, 1861 MO Sep 3, 1864 as priv.
LEONARD, John A Recruit Athens Apr 18, 1862 Disch, Nov 21, 1862; disabil.
LEONARD, William Recruit Elkhart --- Died at Bolivar, Oct 18, 1862; wounds
LITTLE, James C Recruit Glasgow Apr 18, 1862 ---
LOWELL, Freeman A Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Feb 3, 1862; disabil.
McCOY, Ebenezer R Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
McCOY, Ebenezer Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MILLER, John Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
MILLER, John Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
MILLER, Samuel J Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
MILLER, Samuel J Private Mackinaw Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. Re-enlisted as Vet.
MONTGOMERY, Fr'ncis M Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Sep 4, 1862; wounds
MOSES, Albert J Captain --- Oct 24, 1863 Trans. To Co. D, as consolidated
MOSES, Albert J 1st Lt. --- Oct 24, 1863 Promoted [Dec 31, 1862]
MOSES, Albert J 2nd Lt. --- Apr 14, 1862 Promoted [Jun 10, 1863]
MOSES, Albert J Sergeant Delaware Aug 24, 1861 Promoted 2nd Lt.[Jan 25, 1862]
MOUSER, Amos L Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
MOUSER, Amos Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. Re-enlisted as Vet.
MURRAY, Thomas H Private Macoupin Pt Aug 24, 1861 Transferred to V.R.C.
NEWTON, John B 1st Lt. Middletown --- Discharged Jun 10, 1862
NEWTON, John B 2nd Lt. Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Promoted [Jan 25, 1862]
PERKINS, William T Private Athens Aug 24, 1861 Disch, May 27, 1864; wounds
PETERS, Charles Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Aug 26, 1864 as Serg.
PLATZ, George W Recruit Bath Feb 22, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
PRIDE, Dennis 1st Lt. Middletown Oct 20, 1863 Mustered out Oct 7, 1864
PRIDE, Dennis Sergeant Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Promoted 1st Lt.[Dec 31, 1862]
RAYBURN, Logan Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Wounded at Hatchie River
ROBERTS, William R Captain Sweetwater Aug 28, 1861 Disch. hon. Oct 20, 1863
ROGERS, John Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 Disch, Nov 21, 1861; disabil.
ROGERS, Robert J Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
ROGERS, Robert John Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Wounded. Re-enlisted as Vet.
ROGERS, Samuel Recruit Petersburg --- See Co. D, as consolidated
ROGERS, Samuel T Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 Wounded. See Co. D, as consolidated
ROGERS, William H Veteran Petersburg Mar 10, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
ROGERS, William H Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
SCHNEITKER, Francis B Recruit --- --- Died at Fort Holt, Ky., Jan 29, 1862
SCHOENER, Francis Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Died, Mound City, Feb 15, 1862
SCOTT, James K Private Delavan Aug 24, 1861 Died Oct 6, 1862; wounds
SEIGLE, David Recruit Petersburg Apr 18, 1862 ---
SHERIDAN, Oliver H Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
SHERIDAN, Oliver H Corporal Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
SILVERNAIL, John T Veteran Sweetwater Feb 13, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
SILVERNAIL, John T Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Re-enlisted as Veteran
SIMPSON, Phillip A Recruit Tallula Apr 18, 1862 Died, Natchez, Sep 29, 1863
SMITH, John Private Elkhart Aug 24, 1861 Disch, July 10, 1862; disabil.
STOCKARD, Charles E Private Delavan Aug 24, 1861 Died at Pittsburg Landing May 9, 1862
SULLIVAN, John Private Sweetwater Aug 24, 1861 Disch, Aug 15, 1862; disabil.
TURPIN, Martin Recruit Vermont Feb 22, 1864 Died, Memphis, Feb 12, 1864
WARNER, Thomas J Private Middletown Aug 24, 1861 Discharged Aug 26, 1864
WATTS, William Recruit --- --- ---
WOODERS, George Private Delavan Aug 24, 1861 Died at Mound City
WOODRUFF, Samuel W Veteran Petersburg Mar 10, 1864 See Co. D, as consolidated
WOODRUFF, Samuel W Recruit Athens Apr 18, 1862 Re-enlisted as Veteran
WYATT, William Recruit Rockford Dec 11, 1863 See Co. D, as consolidated
 
That badge is an 1895 pattern / Spanish American War US Army Infantry Corps hat badge for "K" Company of the 28th Infantry Regiment. Great find.
 
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