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

Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-000 North Carolina button, Hillsborough Military Academy. North Carolina school, Hillsborough Military Academy Hillsborough, North Carolina. Research Center: Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-000 . Reference: Albert SU150, Tice NCS270. Reference: Albert SU162, Tice NCS275. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-000.html

Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS270-Schuyler240 North Carolina button, Hillsborough Military Academy. Backmark-Schuyler240 North Carolina school, Hillsborough Military Academy Hillsborough, North Carolina. Backmark: "SCHUYLER H. & G. N. Y." dm no rings, depressed shank well, ca 1850s or 1860s. Two part convex button, small coat or vest size, 17mm to 19mm. Research Center: Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS270-Schuyler240 . Reference: Albert SU150. Reference: Tice NCS270. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 139, item 06 similar.

Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS270-Schuyler241 North Carolina button, Hillsborough Military Academy. Backmark-Schuyler241 North Carolina school, Hillsborough Military Academy Hillsborough, North Carolina. Backmark: "SCHUYLER H & G NEW - YORK" dm no rings, depressed shank well, ca 1850's or 1860's. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS270-Schuyler241 . Reference: Albert SU150. Reference: Tice NCS270. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 139, item 18 similar.

Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS275-zblankSouthernManufacture141 North Carolina button, Hillsborough Military Academy. Backmark-zblankSouthernManufacture141 North Carolina school, Hillsborough Military Academy Hillsborough, North Carolina. Button depicts star with sunburst, surounded with H M A / (star) N C (star) This was a small cadet school located in Hillsborough North Carolina, established 1859 and did not operate after the Civil War. Button is southern wartime manufacture following the North Carolina cast sunburst patterns, and is the only NC school button made in the south during the war. This button has been attributed to Henderson Male Academy, Henderson, North Carolina., by both Albert and Tice. However it is the author's opinion that this is more likely to have been a wartime version of buttons manufactured for Hillsborough. Reasoning is that this school was established before the war, it is in eastern NC (Henderson is in western NC), these buttons have been found in eastern NC, the initials, inverted star and NC follow earlier patterns for this school, Hillsborough was a military school, Henderson was not, and the buttons appear to have been made early by the same maker who made the other cast sunburst buttons, probably Wilmington. Backmark: blank back (no text), one part cast button, low convex, back may show marks from milling, footed shank is brazed, small North Carolina manufacturer. One part convex button, coat size, 20mm to 22mm. Research Center: Button5841-NorthCarolina-HillsboroughMilitary-NCS275-zblankSouthernManufacture141 . Reference: Albert SU162. Reference: Tice NCS275. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 187.

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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