The Civil War Relicman,
Harry Ridgeway

Winchester, Virginia 
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons
Federal Artillery one piece buttons (up to AY48, and AY55), 1820's and earlier generally 

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.

Artillery button, First Regiment Artillerists, eagle facing right over cannon facing left, 1815 period flat button, (21mm)
Button depicts eagle facing right over cannon facing left with stack of ten cannon balls, and "1. REGT" below, intended for the First Regiment of Artillerist, as authorized by Congress in 1798, the artillerists were active in the 1815 period.  Back is blank.  One piece flat button, coat size.
Ref: Albert AY12A.

B5631     Artillery button, First Regiment Artillerists, eagle facing right over cannon facing left, 1815 period flat button, (21mm)
Recovered: Savannah Georgia.
Ref: Albert AY12A.

B4487     Regiment of Artillery, 1st Regiment, one piece button (20.5mm)

Backmark: blank one piece button, eagle on cannon, wheel has 6 spokes.
Shank intact, attractive button.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY15

B4496     Regiment of Artillerist, "RA" one piece button (22mm)

Backmark: blank, cast brass, intertwined foliated script "RA"
Shank intact unusually sharp example.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY32

Regiment of Artillerist, 2nd Regiment, script RA, oval with "2", (14.8mm)
Button depicts script "RA" over oval with "2", intended for the 2nd regiment of artillerist, 1815 period.  Backmark: blank.  Button is flat one piece, die struck often slightly off center, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert AY33, not listed.

B6143     Regiment of Artillerist, 2nd Regiment, script RA, oval with "2", (14.8mm)

Button depicts script "RA" over oval with "2", intended for the 2nd regiment of artillerist, 1815 period.  Backmark: blank.  Button is flat one piece, die struck often slightly off center, hat or sleeve size.  Dug button, clean face, stand up shank intact, rare in this size.  Recovered: Gulf coast. 
Ref: Albert AY33, not listed.     $50.

B4492     Regiment of Artillerist, eagle "A" one piece button (14.4mm)
 
Backmark: blank one piece button from 1815 period, eagle on cannon. with "A" on its breast
Shank intact, very attractive early button.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY34A

Regiment of Artillerist, 3rd Regiment, eagle over cannon facing right, script A on breast, oval wheel with 8 spokes, one piece, (20mm)
Button was intended for the early artillery regiments, 1815 period.  Backmark: blank.  Button is flat one piece, die struck often slightly off center, coat size.
Ref: Albert AY34B.

B5360     Regiment of Artillerist, 3rd Regiment, eagle over cannon facing right, script A on breast, oval wheel with 8 spokes, one piece, (20mm)
Ref: Albert AY34B.

B4491     Regiment of Artillerist, 1st reg't, one piece button (20mm)

Backmark: blank , one piece button, foliated "A" with number "1"
Shank missing, attractive early button.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY36

B4490     Regiment of Artillerist, 3rd reg't, one piece button (20.5mm)
 
Backmark: blank , one piece button, foliated "A" with number "3"
Shank intact, attractive early button.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY38

B4494     Light Artillery, "LA" 1st Regiment, one piece button (20mm)

Backmark: blank one piece button, intertwined foliated "L A" with "1 in an oval
Shank intact, attractive example
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY41

B4493     Light Artillery, "LA" 1st Regiment, one piece button (20.4mm)

Backmark: "L. H. & S. / W. C. Gilt" one piece button, die was actually made for a cuff but used on a coat! Die quality is extraordinary.
Shank intact, unusually sharp example
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY43

B4488     Artillery Corps one piece button (20.6mm)
   
Backmark: "Crumpton / PhilA" rm one piece button from 1815
period, eagle on cannon.
Shank intact, attractive early button.
Recovered: Gulf coast Florida / Alabama
Ref: Albert AY55B

Artillery button, Artillery corps, eagle facing right over cannon facing left, 1814 to 1821 flat button, (15mm)
Button depicts eagle facing right over cannon facing left with stack of ten cannon balls, and "CORPS" below, intended for artillery regiments of the 1814 to 1821 period.  Back is blank.  One piece flat button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert AY55Av, not listed.

B5633     Artillery button, Artillery corps, eagle facing right over cannon facing left, 1814 to 1821 flat button, (15mm)
Recovered: Savannah, Georgia.
Ref: Albert AY55Av, not listed.