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

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-000 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-000 . Reference: Albert NY53,Tice NY232 Reference: Albert NY54 Reference: Albert NY55 Reference: Albert NY56. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-000.html

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-1-NY232-000 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-1-NY232-000 . Reference: Albert NY53. Reference: Tice NY232.

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo300 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo300 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / WATERBURY CON. dm, between two rings of dots, additional border encircles WATERBURY CON., manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo300 . Reference: Albert NY54. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82. [Plate B-9, 7]

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) (star) (star) dm, letters without serifs, outer dotted ring, , manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo305 . Reference: Albert NY54. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo314 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo314 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (dot) dm, letters without serifs, no rings, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo314 . Reference: Albert NY54. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo320 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo320 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) dm, letters with serifs, inner ring of dots, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-2-NY54-WaterburyButtonCo320 . Reference: Albert NY54. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-3-NY55-Devlin110 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-Devlin110 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: DEVLIN & CO / (dot) NEW YORK (dot), dm inner ring, letters are without serifs, manufactured 1880's or later. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-3-NY55-Devlin110 . Reference: Albert NY55. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 120.

Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-3-NY55-WaterburyButtonCo375 New York button, 23rd Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo375 New York militia organization, 23rd Militia Regiment, New York city. Backmark: WATERBURY COs. / (star) WATERBURY, CONN. (star), dm between two inner rings of dots, letters do not have serifs, manufacture late 19th century or later. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5661-NewYork-Regiment23-3-NY55-WaterburyButtonCo375 . Reference: Albert NY55. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

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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