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

Button5628-NewYork-000 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Three part officer button. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-000 . Reference: Albert NY28, Tice NY218. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5628-NewYork-000.html

Button5628-NewYork-EvansD140 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-EvansD140 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: D. EVANS & CO. / ATTLEBORO MASS dm inner ring of dots, depressed shank well can give the impression of an inner ring, backmark is transitional, manufacture 1860's and continued after the Civil War. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-EvansD140 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 56. Plate B-2, 13.

Button5628-NewYork-ExtraQuality-Scovill140 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-Scovill140 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star) dm inner solid ring, used for small size staff buttons only, Scovill manufactured ca 1860. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-ExtraQuality-Scovill140 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, Scovill Manufacturing.

Button5628-NewYork-Horstmann320 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Horstmann320 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / N.Y. , dm no rings, Steele & Johnson ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Horstmann320 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 130. Plate B-17, 5.

Button5628-NewYork-Schuyler221 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Schuyler221 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: SCHUYLER H. &. G / N - YORK., the S in Schuyler is reversed, dm inner solid ring, Scovill produced ca 1860, for small buttons only. Three part officer button, small coat size, 19mm to 20mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Schuyler221 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 139.

Button5628-NewYork-Scovill800 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill800 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY. dm between two rings of dots, no dividers, used on staff buttons ca 1860s, there appears to be a period after Co and after Waterbury, and on some examples this may appear to have length like a comma, this is likely due to slippage in stamping or die cutting, or debris in stamping, the convention of the time suggests it was meant to be a period and not a comma. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Scovill800 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 6.

Button5628-NewYork-Scovill801 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill801 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY. dm single inner ring of dots, no dividers, small letters, used in staff small buttons only, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm with double rings used for 1860s staff coat buttons. Use likely continued after the Civil War with coat sized buttons, redesigned with singler ring, This officer three part cuff or hat size button is believed to have been originally used along with the three part coat buttons with double rings, original use of both of these began about 1860, although war use was limited. This design is transitional, this pattern was not redesigned after the war when staff coat buttons using backmarks with the redesigned single ring were issued. Also note that an inner solid ring sometimes appears, this appears to be irregular and likely occured from assembly, and is not thought to have been part of the die design. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Scovill801 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq.

Button5628-NewYork-Scovill920 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill920 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G Co. (o is underlined) / (star) WATERBURY (star) dm large letters inner ring of dots, no outer ring, manufactured after the Civil War. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Scovill920 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B7, 2.

Button5628-NewYork-SmithWH200 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-SmithWH200 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: WM. H. SMITH & CO / (star) NEW - YORK (star), dm between one outer solid ring, and two inner rings, Scovill produced ca 1840s to 1850s. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-SmithWH200 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 141. [Plate B-15, 10]

Button5628-NewYork-Tiffany120 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-Tiffany120 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: TIFFANY & CO. / (star) NEW (dot) YORK (star) dm ca 1860's. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-Tiffany120 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 142.

Button5628-NewYork-zblankNoText910 New York, general use, eagle with shield, three part officer button. Backmark-zblankNoText910 New York symbolism, eagle with shield, and Excelsior, general use for New York. Backmark: blank back (no text), iron back, no rings, late 19th century could be 20th century. Three part button, all sizes, 15mm to 20mm. Research Center: Button5628-NewYork-zblankNoText910 . Reference: Albert NY28. Reference: Tice NY218.

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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