The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons
Buttons from Arkansas (AK...)

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.

Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann & Allien NY, (22.8mm)

Button depicts Arkansas state seal, goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle, manufactured before the war for officers of Arkansas units.  Backmark: "HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / N.Y.", dm no rings, probably Steele & Johnson ca 1860, (HorstmannA12).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.
Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200A1.

B4483     Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann & Allien NY, (22.8mm)
 
Button depicts Arkansas state seal, goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle, manufactured before the war for officers of Arkansas units.  Backmark: "HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / N.Y.", dm no rings, probably Steele & Johnson ca 1860, (HorstmannA12).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.  Nondug button, gilded, stand up shank.
Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200A1.

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B6227     Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann & Allien NY, (22.8mm)  Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200A1.

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Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann New York, (14.5mm)

Button depicts Arkansas state seal, goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle, manufactured before the war for officers of Arkansas units.  Backmark: "HORSTMANN / (dot) NEW YORK (dot)" dm, probably Steele & Johnson manufactured ca 1860, (HorstmannWH33small).  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200As1.

B4484      Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann New York, (14.5mm)

Button depicts Arkansas state seal, goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle, manufactured before the war for officers of Arkansas units.  Backmark: "HORSTMANN / (dot) NEW YORK (dot)" dm, probably Steele & Johnson manufactured ca 1860, (HorstmannWH33small).  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.  Stand up shank intact, this button may have bee lacquered and not gilded, Tice notes in his book that this was done on a limited number of these buttons.
Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200As1.

B4327     Arkansas button, state seal, officer staff, Horstmann New York, (14.5mm)

Button depicts Arkansas state seal, goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle, manufactured before the war for officers of Arkansas units.  Backmark: "HORSTMANN / (dot) NEW YORK (dot)" dm, probably Steele & Johnson manufactured ca 1860, (HorstmannWH33small).  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.  Nondug button, gilded, back is pushed, stand up shank.
Ref: AlbertAK1, TiceAK200As1.