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

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-000 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-000 . Reference: Albert NY65, Tice NY240 Reference: Albert NY66, Tice NY241 Reference: Albert NY67, Tice NY242 Reference: Albert NY68. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5666-NewYork-ABC-000.html

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-1-NY240 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-1-NY240 . Reference: Albert NY65. Reference: Tice NY240. No examples available, if you have an example of this pattern, send me a picture and I will publish it, otherwise see Tice book for pictures and explanation. No examples available, if you have an example of this pattern, send me a picture and I will publish it, otherwise see Tice book for pictures and explanation. .

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-2-NY241-zblankNoText355 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-zblankNoText355 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Backmark: blank back (no text), single ring of dots, deep well around shank, maker unknown, ca. 1850's or 1860's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-2-NY241-zblankNoText355 . Reference: Albert NY66. Reference: Tice NY241.

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-Scovill865 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-Scovill865 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC 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: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-Scovill865 . Reference: Albert NY67. Reference: Tice NY242. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 17.

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-Scovill910 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-Scovill910 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO / (star) WATERBURY (star) dm small letters inner ring of dots, manufactured after the Civil War. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-Scovill910 . Reference: Albert NY67. Reference: Tice NY242. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-7, 1.

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-WaterburyButtonCo100 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo100 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Backmark: W. B. Co. / (dot) (star) (dot) WATERBURY (dot) (star) (dot) rmdc. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-WaterburyButtonCo100 . Reference: Albert NY67. Reference: Tice NY242. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82. [Plate B-9, 1]

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo305 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC 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: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-3-NY242-WaterburyButtonCo305 . Reference: Albert NY67. Reference: Tice NY242. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

Button5666-NewYork-ABC-4-NY68-WhitlockBM115 New York button, Albany Burgess Corps. Backmark-WhitlockBM115 New York militia organization, Albany Burgess Corps, Albany New York, ABC Backmark: B. M. WHITLOCK (dot) NEW YORK (dot), dm between two rings of dots, letters without serifs, manufactured 1880's or later. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5666-NewYork-ABC-4-NY68-WhitlockBM115 . Reference: Albert NY68. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 142.

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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