The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway.
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!).
	relicman.com.

Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War buttons.
Federal Signal Corps buttons.

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.

B4226     Federal Signal Corps button (23mm)
 
Backmark: "Pettibone Mf'g Co, Cincinnati" dm, button made after 1885
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert SG3A1 (post war button)