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

Button6852-Virginia-VirginiaAgricultural-000 Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College. Virginia school, Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College Blacksburg Virginia Blacksburg Virginia, Virginia's land grant university founded in 1872. All VAMC buttons date after the Civil War. Modern day Virginia Tech, started out as Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College, followed by, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and today is Virginia Tech, THE University in Virginia. A cadet program, modeled after West Point, was established early after the institution was founded, and continues to this day. The renowned athletic program, Virginia Tech Hokies, dominate athletics in Virginia. What is a Hokie? The Hokie Bird is a mean and viscious creature that eats wa-whos (UVA), makes mice out of mountain boys (WVU), and subdues Hurricanes (UM). Research Center: Button6852-Virginia-VirginiaAgricultural-000 . Reference: Albert SU405, SU406. Details click: http://relicman.com/buttons/Button6852-Virginia-VirginiaAgricultural-000.html

Button6852-Virginia-VirginiaAgricultural-SU405-WaterburyButtonCo310 Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College. Backmark-WaterburyButtonCo310 Virginia school, Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College Blacksburg Virginia Blacksburg Virginia, Virginia's land grant university founded in 1872. All VAMC buttons date after the Civil War. Backmark: WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) dm, letters without serifs, no rings, manufacture after the Civil War. Two part convex button, coat size, 19mm to 21mm. Research Center: Button6852-Virginia-VirginiaAgricultural-SU405-WaterburyButtonCo310 . Reference: Albert SU405. Reference: Tice, Dating Buttons, page 82.

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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