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

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-000 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-000 . Reference: Albert NY61, Tice NY238. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-000.html

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-AmericanUniform100 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-AmericanUniform100 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: AMERICAN UNIFORM CO. / (dot) NEW YORK , dm between two rings of dots, letters are plain without serifs, manufactured 20th century. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-AmericanUniform100 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 116.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill510 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-Scovill510 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: SCOVILL. MG. CO / (two dots) WATERBURY (two dots) rmdc, ca1850s. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill510 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B5, 16.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill700 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-Scovill700 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: SCOVILL. / MFG. CO. dm no rings, made in small size only, these cuff or hat buttons were manufactured in the 1850s, rings or rmdc details used on the large size buttons were omitted as an abbreviation to fit the space, dots, spacing and punctuation may vary or be obliterated, Scovill apparently produced multiple copies of this die. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill700 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-7, 8.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill865 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-Scovill865 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO / (star) WATERBURY (star) dm between rings of dots, 1860 to 1865 manufacture. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill865 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 17.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill970 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-Scovill970 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: Scovill MFG Co / Waterbury dm no rings. ca post war, (Scovill970). Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-Scovill970 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-7, 7.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) (star) (star) dm, outer dotted ring, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo305 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo316 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo316 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) dm, large letters without serifs, no rings, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo316 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo317 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo317 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO / (star) dm, small letters without serifs, no rings, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo317 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo370 New York button, 71st Militia Regiment. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo370 New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment American Guard, American Rifles, New York Light Guards, and other companies, New York Volunteer Infantry, New York militia organization, 71st Militia Regiment, New York City. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) CONN. (star), dm between one outer and two inner rings of dots, letters do not have serifs, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5664-NewYork-Regiment71-NY238-WaterburyButtonCo370 . Reference: Albert NY61. Reference: Tice NY238. 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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