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 Sharpshooters buttons (GI86 and GI95)

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.

B4176     Federal Sharpshooters hard rubber button (20mm)
 
Backmark: "N. R. Co / Goodyear's P=T " rm. Eagle I officer button. These hard rubber buttons were issued to members of the Brigade of Sharpshooters, which was directly commissioned by Lincoln to be organized by Hiram Berdan.
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI86, Tice SS216A1

B4174     Federal Sharpshooters hard rubber button (20mm)
 
Backmark: "N. R. Co / Goodyear's P=T 1851" rm. These hard rubber buttons were issued to members of the Brigade of Sharpshooters, which was directly commissioned by Lincoln to be organized by Hiram Berdan.
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI95, Tice SS215A1

B4175     Federal Sharpshooters hard rubber button (15mm)
 
Backmark: "N. R. Co / Goodyear's P=T " rm. These hard rubber buttons were issued to members of the Brigade of Sharpshooters, which was directly commissioned by Lincoln to be organized by Hiram Berdan.
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI95, Tice SS215A1

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