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

Button6709-Vermont-000 Vermont buttons, state general use. Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Two part button. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-000 . Albert VT09, Tice VT230. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button6709-Vermont-000.html

Button6709-Vermont-EvansD210 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-EvansD210 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: D. EVANS & CO. ATTLEBORO (dot) MASS dm on a ribbon reading clockwise, flower at bottom, ca 1850's - 1860's. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-EvansD210 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 56. Plate B-2, 18.

Button6709-Vermont-EvansD230 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-EvansD230 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: D. EVANS & CO. / (star) EXTRA (star) dm inner solid ring, only used small size, backmark is transitional, manufacture 1860's and continued after the Civil War. Note that periods used after D and CO may be obscured and partial, missing entirely, or may appear as commas, this may be due to manufacturing variations in the stamping process, slippage, dirt or debris in the die, or replacement dies may have been cut omitting this punctuation. Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size, 14mm to 16mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-EvansD230 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 56. Plate B-3, 4.

Button6709-Vermont-ExtraQuality-WaterburyButton390 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-ExtraQuality-WaterburyButton390 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: EXTRA / (3 graphics of +) QUALITY (3graphics of +) dm, inner ring of dots, believed to be Waterbury Button Co, transitional backmark. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-ExtraQuality-WaterburyButton390 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82, (Waterbury Button Co).

Button6709-Vermont-Palanzuelos100 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Palanzuelos100 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: PALANZUELOS / (dot) MENENDEZ. Y. CA (dot) rmdc on stippled background, Scovill produced ca 1850's. Two part button, large coat size, 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-Palanzuelos100 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill610 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill610 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO. / (star) WATERBURY. (star) rmdc, ca 1850s, (Scovill610). Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill610 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-5, 19.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill660 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill660 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / (dot) WATERBURY. (dot) rmdc on a plain field, ca 1850s. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill660 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 4.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill700 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill700 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. 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: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill700 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-7, 8.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill865 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill865 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. 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: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill865 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 17.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill900 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill900 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO. / (star) WATERBURY. (star) dm small letters inner ring of dots ca 1860s and may be transitional. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill900 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B-6, 5.

Button6709-Vermont-Scovill941 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-Scovill941 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY dm large letters inner ring of dots, manufactured after the Civil War. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-Scovill941 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 65 et seq. Plate B7, 4.

Button6709-Vermont-zblankNoText210 Vermont buttons, state general use. Backmark-zblankNoText210 Vermont symbolism, stag head with pine tree, mountains, and agriculture. Backmark: blank back (no text), single depressed ring, probably Steele & Johnson ca 1860. Two part convex button, large coat size, 21mm to 23mm. Research Center: Button6709-Vermont-zblankNoText210 . Reference: Albert VT09. Reference: Tice VT230.

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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