18 votes Tattooing in the American Civil War was a hedge against anonymous death Posted March 28 by asteroid Tags: usa, history.military, war.civil, american civil war, 19th century, soldiers, death, tattoos, pride, patriotism, author.aida amer, author.sarah laskow, source.atlasobscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/civil-war-tattoos Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Published Aug 13 2018 Word count 1703 words