The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia  Civil War buttons bought and sold
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons
Federal Navy buttons, other patterns
Chief Petty Officer (NA 131 and NA132)
Hard rubber enlisted (NA136 and NA137)

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.

Federal Navy button, chief petty officer, Scovill Mfg rmdc, (23.5mm)

B4286     Navy button or Chief Petty Officer button (23.5mm)

Backmark: Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" rmdc This is one of the. earliest buttons issued to junior officers. Chief petty officer
buttons were used extensively after the war, this is one of the few with a prewar backmark.
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert NA131 , Tice NA236A1

Federal Navy button, one piece hard rubber, Novelty Rubber, Goodyear, (35mm)

B4220     Federal Navy Hard rubber button (35mm)

Backmark: "Novelty Rubber Co / New York / Goodyear
patent 1851 / New York" rm
Made from hard rubber, these buttons were rust resistant for the Navy!
Ref: Albert NA137, Tice NA 244C1