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

by Harry Ridgeway


Button-5408-Louisiana-Pelican-Guards
Button-5408-Louisiana-Pelican-Guards
Pelican Guards. PG buttons French manufacture, may date to post Civil War period. PG buttons with blank backs, may be of Mexican origin, purpose and use is not known.
Louisiana militia unit, Pelican Guards.
Louisiana Pelican Guards


Tice-LA279 to LA287
Albert-LA024





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Button-5408-Louisiana-Pelican-Guards
Pelican Guards. PG buttons French manufacture, may date to post Civil War period. PG buttons with blank backs, may be of Mexican origin, purpose and use is not known.
Louisiana militia unit, Pelican Guards.
Louisiana Pelican Guards

2part-small coat
Tice-LA279-A01
Albert-LA024-A
Backmark-Trelon-Weldon-Weil-024
"T. W & W / (anchor) PARIS (flaming bomb)", dm, inner ring of dots, no outer ring, iron back, used on 2part iron back coat buttons, ca 1860s, probably post war.



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Button-5408-Louisiana-Pelican-Guards
Pelican Guards. PG buttons French manufacture, may date to post Civil War period. PG buttons with blank backs, may be of Mexican origin, purpose and use is not known.
Louisiana militia unit, Pelican Guards.
Louisiana Pelican Guards

2part-small coat
Tice-LA279-A01
Albert-LA024-A
Backmark-Trelon-Weldon-Weil-024
"T. W & W / (anchor) PARIS (flaming bomb)", dm, inner ring of dots, no outer ring, iron back, used on 2part iron back coat buttons, ca 1860s, probably post war.
Loomis collection




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.


Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, buttons,
A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War.
Buttons of the American Civil War.
Presented are buttons, manufactured 1800 to 20th century, emphasis on military buttons and those from the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865.
Research center, buttons, click: http://relicman.com/Button-0000.html
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Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, button backmarks,
A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War.
Button backmarks.
Research center, button backmarks, click: http://relicman.com/Backmark-000.html

Research center, button backmarks, click: http://relicman.com/Backmark-000.html


Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, All,
A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War.
Artifacts of the American Civil War.
Presented are artifacts, manufactured 1800 to 20th century, emphasis on American Civil War, 1861 to 1865.
Research Center, All, click: http://relicman.com/Research-Center-000.html
Research Center, All, click: http://relicman.com/Research-Center-000.html


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