Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics
	This page updated   May 28, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
P Tait & Company

P Tait & Company, Limerick Ireland is best known for its patented floating shank backs.

Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.  

Tait01Am (18mm) 

Backmark: "P. TAIT & Co / (dot) LIMERICK (dot) " dm outer ring of dots, floating shank, English manufacture.
Tice page 177, item count 1, with modification. 

Examples with this backmark: 
B5383     Confederate Artillery Lined "A" English imported button (19.5mm)  

Ref: Albert CS103A, Tice CSA206B1    

B5221     Confederate Infantry manuscript "I" English imported button (18.2mm)  

Ref: Albert CS175Av, Tice CSI212Am1

B5214     Confederate Infantry Lined "I" English imported button (19.5mm)  

Ref: Albert CS173A, Tice CSI206Am1