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

Button5802-NorthCarolina-000 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Three part officer button. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-000 . Reference: Albert NC02, Tice NC204. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5802-NorthCarolina-000.html

Button5802-NorthCarolina-Canfield215 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-Canfield215 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "CANFIELD. BRO & CO. / BAL." dm with inner ring, no outer ring, Scovill msnufactured ca 1860. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-Canfield215 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 189, item 13.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-ExtraQuality-Scovill100 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-Scovill100 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm, small letters between two rings of dots, solid inner ring, depression around the shank, bottom of Q is distinctly seperated from outer ring. Scovill produced ca 1860. Note that the solid inner ring may be faint or obscured on some examples, this may have ocurrred during the process of shanking or crimping the button. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-ExtraQuality-Scovill100 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, Scovill Manufacturing, item 58. Plate B-7, 10.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-ExtraQuality-Scovill120 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-ExtraQuality-Scovill120 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm small letters between two rings of dots, no solid inner ring or depression around the shank, bottom of Q is distinctly seperated from outer ring. Scovill produced ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-ExtraQuality-Scovill120 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, Scovill Manufacturing, not listed.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-LillyMC100 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-LillyMC100 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "M. C. LILLY & CO. / COLUMBUS O." dm between rings of dots, letters are without serifs, manufactured 1870's or later. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-LillyMC100 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 135.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-MitchellTyler200 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-MitchellTyler200 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "MITCHEL (sic) & TYLER / RICHMOND VA." dm between rings of dots, inner solid ring, Scovill manufactured ca 1860. Three part officer button, coat size, 22mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-MitchellTyler200 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 194, item 04. Plate C-4, 18.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill800 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill800 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. 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: Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill800 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, item 23. Plate B-6, 06.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill801 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill801 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY." dm, single inner ring of dots, no dividers, small letters, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm, with double rings used for 1860s staff coat buttons. Most use likely continued after the Civil War with coat sized buttons, redesigned with single ring. Three part officer button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill801 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71.

Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill920 North Carolina, general use, three part officer button. Backmark-Scovill920 North Carolina button, general use. North Carolina symbolism, Ladies, Plenty and Liberty. 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: Button5802-NorthCarolina-Scovill920 . Reference: Albert NC02. Reference: Tice NC204. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 71, item 31. Plate B-7, 02.

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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