Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from West Virginia

	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway.
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!).
	relicman.com.

Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons.
Buttons from West Virginia.

This is the "Ridgeway Reference Archive", 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.

Note, West Virginia was formed in 1863 when it seceded from Virginia. During the Civil War militia units would have started out as "Virginia" units, then changed their allegiance when the new state was born. All buttons from West Virginia are thought to have been manufactured after the Civil War.

West Virginia button, state seal with a farmer and a miner, officer staff, Horstmann Phila, (15mm)
Button depicts symbols of mining and agriculture, with "Montani Semper Liberi" Mountaineers are always free, intended for officers of West Virginia units. Backmark: HORSTMANN BROS. & CO. / (dot) PHIL. (dot) " dm small letters inner ring of dots, small size only, backmark is likely post war, (HorstmannB16small). Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert WV2.

B6396 West Virginia button, state seal with a farmer and a miner, officer staff, Horstmann Phila, (15mm)

Dug button, recovered: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia by Larry Lichliter.
Collection of Larry Lichliter.