Ridgeway Civil War Research Center
A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
Civil War Buttons

by Harry Ridgeway


Button-2011-Engineer-1part
Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1part, antebellm 1840s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
One part buttons
Tice-EG043 to Tice-EG203
Albert-EG004





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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1810s to 1820s
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-small Coat
Tice-EG046-Am01
Albert-EG001
Backmark-z5-no-text-211
blank back (no text), used on 1part flat brass or copper buttons, 1810s 1830s. Many were struck over recycled stock, leaving remnants of the original marks and variation of details.
Loomis collection


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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1820s to 1830s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-coat
Tice-EG100-B01
Albert-EG003
Backmark-Lewis-Tomes-014
"LEWIS & TOMES. / EXTRA RICH", rm, no rings, used on 1part low convex coat buttons ca 1820s.
Collection of Ken Darnell


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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1820s to 1830s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-coat
Tice-EG100-B01
Albert-EG003
Backmark-Lewis-Tomes-014
"LEWIS & TOMES. / EXTRA RICH", rm, no rings, used on 1part low convex coat buttons ca 1820s.
Bob French


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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1820s to 1830s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-coat
Tice-EG105-B01
Albert-EG002
Backmark-Potts-Thomas-011
"T. POTTS" / (dot) "BIRMINGHAM" (dot), rm,no rings, raised border, used on 1part flat buttons. ca 1830s.
Bob French


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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1part, antebellm 1840s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-convex-small
Tice-EG203
Albert-EG004
Backmark-Scovill-JML-WH-133
"SCOVILLS / (dot) WATERBURY (dot)", rm, used on 1part small buttons, 1830s 1840s.



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Button-2011-Engineer-1part


Federal Engineer button, 1part, antebellm 1840s.
Federal engineer, one part button, eagle with Essayons, fort and rising sun. Engineers were tasked with designing forts, bridges etc.
1part-coat
Tice-EG203-C01
Albert-EG004
Backmark-Van-Wart-Henry-021
"HENRY (dot) VAN-WART" / (star) "EXTRA (dot) RICH" (star), rm, no rings, used on 1part flat buttons, ca 1820's.
Loomis collection




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:
Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776 - 1865, by Warren K.Tice.
Dating buttons; A Chronology of Button Types, Makers, Retailers & Their Backmarks, by Warren K. Tice.
Directory of American Military Goods Dealers & Makers, by Bruce S. Bazelon and William F. Guinn.
Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons, Bicentennial Edition, by Alphaeus H. Albert.
Pictures are generally by the author, unless otherwise indicated.


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