Ridgeway Civil War Research Center
A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
Civil War Plates and Buckles

by Harry Ridgeway

Plate7500-Confederate-Snake-000
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake

Research Center: Plate7500-Confederate-Snake-000 .

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Plate7511-Confederate-Snake-198
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake, clasp adorned with a medallian.
Research Center: Plate7511-Confederate-Snake-198 . Reference: Mullinax Expanded Edition, illustration 198.

Plate7512-Confederate-Snake-199
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake, snake head has a beak, large size.
Research Center: Plate7512-Confederate-Snake-199 . Reference: Mullinax Expanded Edition, illustration 199.

Plate7531-Confederate-Snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake, fancy design, purposeand use not determined.
Research Center: Plate7531-Confederate-Snake .

Plate7532-Confederate-Snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake
Confederate, two part waist belt plate, clasping snake., this example is on a belt and provenanced to Antietam.
Research Center: Plate7532-Confederate-Snake .

Plate7541-Snake
Two part waist belt plate, clasping snake
Two part waist belt plate, clasping snake, short pattern is usually British or Canadian and could be 20th century.
Research Center: Plate7541-Snake .


This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", 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.

Most information on this page is from:
Plates and Buckles of the American Military 1795 - 1874, by Sydney C. Kerksis.
Confederate Belt Buckles & Plates, by Steve E Mullinax.
American Military Belt Plates, by Michael J. O'Donnell & J.Duncan Campbell.



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