Ridgeway Civil War Research Center A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
	Civil War Buttons
	by Harry Ridgeway

Backmark-SmithWH000 William H. Smith operated generally from the 1830s to around 1858, Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH000 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141, five backmarks listed but not numbered, so count them to correlate with this listing. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Backmark-SmithWH000.html

Backmark-SmithWH100 Backmark: "W. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star)" rmdc on a stippled field, area around the shank is raised, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Note: some examples with this backmark seem to have a raised area around the shank, this may have been caused during a Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH100 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141, item04. Plate B-15, 11.

Backmark-SmithWH101 Backmark: "W. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star)" rmdc on a stippled field, area around the shank is raised, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Note: some examples with this backmark seem to have a raised area around the shank, this may have been caused during a Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH101 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141, item04. Plate B-15, 11.

Backmark-SmithWH102 Backmark: "W. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star)" rmdc on a stippled field, area around the shank is raised, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Note: some examples with this backmark seem to have a raised area around the shank, this may have been caused during a Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH101 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141, item04. Plate B-15, 11.

Backmark-SmithWH105 Backmark: "WM. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star)" rmdc, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH105 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH110 Backmark: "WM. H. SMITH & CO / (dot) NEW - YORK (dot)" rmdc, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH110 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH111 Backmark: "WM. H. SMITH & CO / (dot) NEW - YORK (dot)" rmdc, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH111 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH120 Backmark: "WM H. SMITH & CO. / NEW YORK. " rmdc stippled channel, ca. 1850's. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH120 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH200 Backmark: "WM. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star)" dm between one outer solid ring, and two inner rings, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH200 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141, item 03. Plate B-15, 10.

Backmark-SmithWH201 Backmark: "Wm. H. SMITH & Co / (dot) NEW - YORK (dot)" dm between one outer solid ring, and two inner rings, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH201 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH215 Backmark: "Wm. H. SMITH & Co / (dot) NEW - YORK (dot)" dm between one outer solid ring, and two inner rings, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH215 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH220 Backmark: "Wm. H. SMITH & CO / (dot) NEW YORK (dot)" dm no rings, ca. 1850's. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH220 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH235 Backmark: "Wm H. SMITH & Co / (dot) N - YORK (dot)" dm, two inner solid rings, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH235 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH245 Backmark: "W. H. SMITH & CO / NEW. YORK." dm inner ring of dots, ca. 1850's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH245 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

Backmark-SmithWH255 Backmark: "W.H. SMITH. & CO. / N. YORK" dm, one outer and two inner solid rings, ca. 1840's to 1850's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Backmark-SmithWH255 . Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141.

This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader. Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale. This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items. I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. 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.

Most information on this page is from:
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776 - 1865, by Warren K.Tice.
Dating buttons; A Chronology of Button Types, Makers, Retailers & Their Backmarks, by Warren K. Tice.
Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers, by Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. Guinn.
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, Bicentennial Edition, by Alphaeus H. Albert.
Pictures are generally by the author, unless otherwise indicated.

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