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

Button1298-Federal-GeneralService-000 Federal army general service, 20th century This seal, with circle of thirteen stars was adopted as the official seal of the United States early 20th century and has applied to all branches of service ever since. This seal also appears on the back of a one dollar bill. All buttons with this seal date to 20th century or later/. Two part flat button. Research Center: Button1298-Federal-GeneralService-000 . Reference: Albert GI not listed, Tice GEN not listed. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button1298-Federal-GeneralService-000.html

Button1298-Federal-GeneralService-Scovill980 Federal army general service, 20th century Backmark-Scovill980 This seal, with circle of thirteen stars was adopted as the official seal of the United States early 20th century and has applied to all branches of service ever since. This seal also appears on the back of a one dollar bill. All buttons with this seal date to 20th century or later/. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF"G CO / WATERBURY" dm, no rings, manufactured 20th century. Two part low convex button, coat size, 20mm to 25mm. Research Center: Button1298-Federal-GeneralService-Scovill980 . Reference: Albert GI not listed. Reference: Tice GEN not listed. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71.

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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