The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons 
Voltigeur buttons (VG...)

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.

Voltigeurs or Virginia button, eagle with "V", Scovills & Co, (14.6mm)
Button depicts eagle with "V" for Voltigeurs, a unit authorized during the Mexican War, employing rifles and light mounted artillery to fight in mountainous terrain.  The unit was disbanded after the Mexican War, around 1850.  Although these buttons were manufactured during the 1840's, they are much more commonly found in Civil War sites of the Virginia campaign, than Mexican War sites, and may have been drawn  from old stocks left in the arsenals, or a Virginia militia unit may have purchased them during the 1850's, using the "V" for "Virginia".  Backmark: "SCOVILLS & CO / (star) (star) (star)" rmdc, only used on small size button, ca 1840's & 1850's, (ScovillC01small).  Two part convex button, hat or sleeve size. 
Ref: Albert VG2Av, Tice VG215As1.

B5487     Voltigeurs or Virginia button, eagle with "V", Scovills & Co, (14.6mm) Recovered: Charleston, South Carolina. Ref: Albert VG2Av, Tice VG215As1.

B5557     Voltigeurs or Virginia button, eagle with "V", Scovills & Co, (14.6mm) Recovered: Fredericksburg, Virginia.  Ref: Albert VG2Av, Tice VG215As1.