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

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-000 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-000 . Reference: Albert NY69B, Tice NY244, Reference: Albert NY69A, Tice NY245, Reference: Albert SU17, Tice ABS282. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5667-NewYork-ACC-000.html

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Horstmann534 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark-Horstmann534 New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark: H. BROS & CO / PHILA , dm , small size only, probably manufactured by Steele & Johnson for Horstmann. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Horstmann534 . Reference: Albert NY69B, SU17. Reference: Tice NY244, ABS282. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 130.

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Pettibone110 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark-Pettibone110 New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark: PETTIBONE MF'G CO (dot) / CIN (dot), dm no rings, manufactured after 1872. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Pettibone110 . Reference: Albert NY69B, SU17. Reference: Tice NY244, ABS282. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 137.

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill520 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark-Scovill520 New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark: SCOVILL. MG. CO. / (dot) SUPERFINE (dot) rmdc., ca 1850s, small variations of dots and punctuation may be found. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill520 . Reference: Albert NY69B, SU17. Reference: Tice NY244, ABS282. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-5, 15.

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill700 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark-Scovill700 New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. 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: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill700 . Reference: Albert NY69B, SU17. Reference: Tice NY244, ABS282. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-7, 8.

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill851 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark-Scovill851 New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO. / (star) WATERBURY. (star) dm between two solid rings, ca 1860. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-1-NY244-Scovill851 . Reference: Albert NY69B, SU17. Reference: Tice NY244, ABS282. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 20.

Button5667-NewYork-ACC-2-NY69A-000 New York button, Albany Citizen Corps, or Alabama button, University of Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. New York militia organization, Albany Citizen Corps, Albany, New York, or Alabama school, University of Alabama, Alabama Cadet Corps, ACC. Research Center: Button5667-NewYork-ACC-2-NY69A-000 . Reference: Albert NY69A. Reference: Tice NY245 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. .

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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