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The Ridgeway Civil War
Archive
Federal Cavalr buttons (CV....)
This is a sampling of relics collected by Harry Ridgeway over the years. This archive record is for educational purposes only. Some of the relics listed may be on display at the Old Court House Civil War Museum, Winchester Virginia, some are no longer owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to the separate sales catalog for items that are currently offered.
All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission. This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.
Federal Cavalry buttons, Albert CV1 to CV7 series, listed by backmark groups, individual die variants shown as they are found:
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Canfield.....
B4166
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (22.5mm)
Backmark: "Canfield Bro & Co / Baltimore" rmdc
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A2 variant
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Dale...(Thomas N Dale)
B4621
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button, nondug (23mm)
Backmark: "Thomas N Dale & Co / New York" dm
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A3
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Evans...(D Evans)
B4680
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button nondug (23mm)
Backmark: "D EVANS / ATTLEBORO MASS" dm inner ring of hyphens,
transitional backmark dates from 1860 to 1880.
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button, back is silvered
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A5
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Extra Quality....
B4172
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button, (20.7mm)
Backmark: "Extra / Quality" dm between two solid rings
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A53
B4876
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button, (22mm)
Backmark: "EXTRA / QUALITY" dm
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A53
Re-number these
two different dies and backmarks
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Fine....
B4173
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (22.2mm)
Backmark: "Fine Gold Plate" dm within a ribbon, with
graphic of an eagle
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A55
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Horstmann.....
B4592
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button (20.6mm)
Backmark: "Horstmann's / NY & Phi" dm between rings
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A17
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Mintzer... (WG Mintzer)
B4168
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (20.9mm)
Backmark: "W G Mintzer / Phild" dm between two rings of
dots
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A26
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Schuyler.....
B4723
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (23mm)
Backmark: "SCHUYLER HARTLEY & GRAHAM / * N - Y *" dm
inner ring of dots, transitional backmark, probably D Evans manufacture ca
1860's to post war (Schuyler25)
Federal Cavalry, two part button, overcoat size
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A30 die variant
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Scovill Co.....
B4006
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button
(15.5mm)
Backmark: "SCOVILL CO / (dot) WATERBURY (dot) " dm between two rings
of dots, ca 1840 - 1850 (ScovillC25As)
Federal Cavalry, two part button, sleeve or hat size.
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215As34
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Scovill Mfg.....
B4169
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (22.5mm)
Backmark: "Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" dm between two
rings of dots
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A40
B4170
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (20.3mm)
Backmark: "Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" dm outer ring of
dots, inner
ring of hyphens, this backmark is post Civil War
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, post war button
Federal Cavalry, two piece button, Waterbury Button Co....
B4171
Federal Cavalry,
eagle "C" button (23mm)
Backmark: "Waterbury Button Co / Extra" dm inner ring of
rope,
transitional backmark used during and after the war.
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215A48
Federal Cavalry, blank backs.... (non-lettered)
B4888
Federal Cavalry, eagle "C" button (14.4mm)
Backmark: "blank back concentric rings
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button
Ref: Albert CV1, Tice CV215As61