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Harry Ridgeway

Winchester, Virginia 
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons
Buttons from Missouri (MO...) 

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.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Scovill, dm, (14.5mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm inner solid ring, letters are not evenly spaced, used for small button only, Scovill manufacture ca 1860 (ExtraQ04small).  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert MO2, not listed, Tice MO205As2.

B5838     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Scovill, dm, (14.5mm)
Ref: Albert MO2, not listed, Tice MO205As2.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Steele & Johnson, dm between rings, (22.1mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "EXTRA. / (star) QUALITY. (star)" dm between rings of dots, likely manufactured by Steele & Johnson, ca 1860, (ExtraQ07).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.
Ref: Albert MO2, not listed, Tice MO205B2.

B5837     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Steele & Johnson, dm between rings, (22.1mm)
Ref: Albert MO2, not listed, Tice MO205B2.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Steele & Johnson, (14.9mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "EXTRA / (star) QUALITY (star)" dm, very sloppy die from Steele & Johnson ca 1860, (ExtraQ05small).  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205Bs, not listed.

B5315     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Extra Quality by Steele & Johnson, (14.9mm)
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205Bs, not listed.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mg. Co., (22.3mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark:  "SCOVILL MG CO / WATERBURY" dm small letters, inner solid ring, lettering crowds the rim, ca early 1850's, (ScovillM100).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205A1.

B4969     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mg. Co., (22.3mm)
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Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark:  "SCOVILL MG CO / WATERBURY" dm small letters, inner solid ring, lettering crowds the rim, ca early 1850's, (ScovillM100).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.  Nondug button, gilded, stand up shank intact.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205A1.

B5313     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mg. Co., (22.3mm)
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205A1.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mfg. Co., dm between two rings, (22.3mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark:  "SCOVILL MF'G CO, / WATERBURY." dm between two rings of dots, ca 1860's, (ScovillM310).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205A2.

B4340       Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mfg. Co., dm between two rings, (22.3mm)
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Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark:  "SCOVILL MF'G CO, / WATERBURY." dm between two rings of dots, ca 1860's, (ScovillM310).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.  Nondug button, gilded, stand up shank intact.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205A2.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mfg. Co., dm with single ring, (14.7mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY." dm inner ring of dots, inner solid ring is often obscured, small letters, made in small size only, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm early 1860's buttons, (Scovill460Small)  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205As1.

B4696     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mfg. Co., dm with single ring, (14.7mm)
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Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY." dm inner ring of dots, inner solid ring is often obscured, small letters, made in small size only, this is abbreviated version of Scovill series of dm early 1860's buttons, (Scovill460Small)  Three part officer staff button, hat or sleeve size.  Nondug button, gilded, stand up shank intact.
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205As1.

B5314    Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Scovill Mfg. Co., dm with single ring, (14.7mm)
Ref: Albert MO2, Tice MO205As1.

Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Waterbury Button Co Extra dm between rings, (22.4mm)
Button depicts the state seal of Missouri, an eagle with two bears around a shield with motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL", intended for officers of Missouri militia units, who generally sided with the North but served both sides.  Backmark: "WATERBURY BUTTON CO. / (star) EXTRA (star)" dm between two rings of dots, ca 1860's, (Waterbury17).  Three part officer staff button, coat size.
Ref: Albert MO2C1, Tice MO205C1.

B5597     Missouri button, state seal bears around a shield, officer staff, Waterbury Button Co Extra dm between rings, (22.4mm)
Ref: Albert MO2C1, Tice MO205C1.