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

Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard Militia buttons not identified, . Militia Unidentified Details click: http://relicman.com/Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard.html

BB1328-### Button-4180-Militia-not-identified National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat Tice-UM220 Albert-UU079 Backmark-Scovill-Co-111 "SCOVILLS & Co (period under o) / (star) WATURBURY (star) // EXTRA SUPERFINE (dot) (star) (dot)", dm, inner and middle rings resembles twisted rope, no outer ring, used on 3part coat buttons, 1840s. Greg Clark

B1205-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat Tice-UM216-Evans-D-021 Albert-UU077 Backmark-Evans-D-021 "D. EVANS & CO. / ATTLEBORO MASS", dm, inner ring of dots, no outer ring, used on 3part buttons, ca 1860s. Manufacture of some patterns with this backmark continued after the Civil War.

BB2275-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard Militia NG Federal officer button, D. EVANS & CO / ATTLEBORO MASS Post War / National GuardLarge NG in shield GS 4R19S 3P 3part-coat Tice-UM216-Evans-D-021 Backmark-Evans-D-021 "D. EVANS & CO. / ATTLEBORO MASS", dm, inner ring of dots, no outer ring, used on 3part buttons, ca 1860s. Manufacture of some patterns with this backmark continued after the Civil War. William Stafford, generalstaffbuttons.com

BB1329-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-small Tice-UM216-As01 Albert-UU077 Backmark-Evans-D-201 "D. EVANS & CO / (star) EXTRA (star)", dm, inner ring may be weak or obscured, no outer ring, star divider may appear as a flower, a star, or partially obscured, used on 3part buttons, ca 1860s, manufacture continued after the Civil War. Greg Clark

BB1405-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 2part-small Tice-UM218 Albert-UU080 Backmark-Lane-Mfg-Co-041 "LANE MFG CO" / "WATERBURY", dm, no rings, depressed shank well resembles an inner ring, used on 2part small buttons, ca 1860s. Harry Eichman

BB0539-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat Tice-UM220 Albert-UU079 Backmark-Scovill-Co-111 "SCOVILLS & Co (period under o) / (star) WATURBURY (star) // EXTRA SUPERFINE (dot) (star) (dot)", dm, inner and middle rings resembles twisted rope, no outer ring, used on 3part coat buttons, 1840s. Collection of Ken Darnell

B7821-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat UM-Scovill-Mfg-Co-311 Backmark-Scovill-Mfg-Co-311 """SCOVILL MF'G Co. (o is small and underlined)"" / (star) ""WATERBURY"" (star)"", dm, large letters, inner ring of dots, no outer ring, used on 3part buttons, ca late 1800s. "

B8540-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat Tice-UM214-A01 Albert-UU078 Backmark-Waterbury-Button-Co-161 "WATERBURY BUTTON. CO. / (star) EXTRA. (star)", dm, inner ring, lettering crowds the rim, used on 3part buttons, ca 1850s.

BB0538-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard NG Militia General Size Tice-UM214 Backmark-Waterbury-Button-Co-161 "WATERBURY BUTTON. CO. / (star) EXTRA. (star)", dm, inner ring, lettering crowds the rim, used on 3part buttons, ca 1850s. Collection of Ken Darnell

B7810-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 3part-coat Tice-UM214-A01 Albert-UU078 Backmark-Waterbury-Button-Co-161 "WATERBURY BUTTON. CO. / (star) EXTRA. (star)", dm, inner ring, lettering crowds the rim, used on 3part buttons, ca 1850s.

BB1351-### Button-4150-Militia-National-Guard National Guard button. National Guard button, Use or purpose not determined. Militia Unidentified 2part-coat Tice-UM218-A01 Albert-UU080 Backmark-z1-Superior-Quality-132 "SUPERIOR" / (star) "QUALITY" (star)", dm, inner and outer rings of dots, used on 2part coat buttons, manufactured by Steele & Johnson ca 1850s, 1860s. Greg Clark

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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