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

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-000 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Two part flat button. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-000 . Reference: Albert GI71, Tice GEN200. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-000.html

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-Horstmann634 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Backmark-Horstmann634 Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Likely a comemorative or special issue. This button was issued by Horstmann after the Civil War but using an obsolete 1830's design. Backmark: "HORSTMANN BROS. & CO. / (dot) PHIL. (dot)" dm small letters inner ring of dots, manufactured after the Civil War. Two part flat button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-Horstmann634 . Reference: Albert GI72. Reference: Tice GEN, not listed. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 131.

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates210-v1 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Backmark-UnitedStates210 Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Backmark: "UNITED / (star) (dot) (star) STATES (star) (dot) (star)" rm between two rings of dots, flat back, ca 1820's and 1830's. Two part flat button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates210-v1 . Reference: Albert GI71. Reference: Tice GEN200.

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates210-v2 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Backmark-UnitedStates210 Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Backmark: "UNITED / (star) (dot) (star) STATES (star) (dot) (star)" rm between two rings of dots, flat back, ca 1820's and 1830's. Two part flat button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates210-v2 . Reference: Albert GI71. Reference: Tice GEN200.

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates215-v1 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Backmark-UnitedStates215 Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Backmark: "UNITED STATES (star)" rm between single rings of dots, flat back, ca 1820's and 1830's. Two part flat button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates215-v1 . Reference: Albert GI71. Reference: Tice GEN200.

Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates215-v2 Federal army general service, Great Coat, two part button Backmark-UnitedStates215 Federal army general service button, Great Coat. Button depicts eagle with arrows, US, and olive wreath, early design for army general service troops. Manufacture approximately 1820's to 1830's. Backmark: "UNITED STATES (star)" rm between single rings of dots, flat back, ca 1820's and 1830's. Two part flat button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button1271-Federal-GeneralService-UnitedStates215-v2 . Reference: Albert GI71. Reference: Tice GEN200.

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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