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

Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use, 1800's to 1820's. Massachusetts One part buttons Tice-MS034 Albert-MS018 Details click: http://relicman.com/Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery.html

BB1646-### Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use 1800 s to 1820 s. Massachusetts Massachusetts symbolism, MASSACHUSETTS, cannon, ARTILLERY. 1part-coat Tice-MS034-A02 Albert-MS018 Backmark-Richards-Giles-071 "(eagle) / G RICHARDS (star) (star)" rm, outer ring, no inner ring, wide border. Backmark was used on 1part low convex coat buttons, 1810's - 1820s. Loomis collection

BB1988-### Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use 1800 s to 1820 s. Massachusetts Massachusetts symbolism, MASSACHUSETTS, cannon, ARTILLERY. 1part-coat Tice-MS034-A04 Albert-MS018 Backmark-z1-Gilt-London-111 "GILT" / (floral) "LONDON" (floral)" rm, overstruck on recycled civilian buttons, used on 1part flat buttons, 1810s 1830s. Bob French

BB1645-### Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use 1800 s to 1820 s. Massachusetts Massachusetts symbolism, MASSACHUSETTS, cannon, ARTILLERY. 1part-coat Tice-MS034-A04 Albert-MS018 Backmark-z1-Gilt-London-111 "GILT" / (floral) "LONDON" (floral)" rm, overstruck on recycled civilian buttons, used on 1part flat buttons, 1810s 1830s. Loomis collection

BB1579-### Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use 1800 s to 1820 s. Massachusetts Massachusetts symbolism, MASSACHUSETTS, cannon, ARTILLERY. 1part-coat Tice-MS034-A03 Albert-MS018 Backmark-z1-Treble-Gilt-Boston-111 "TREBLE GILT" / (three floral) "BOSTON" (three floral), rm, no rings, used on 1part coat buttons, manufactured by Aaron Peasley 1810s 1820s. Bob French

BB1753-### Button-5703-Massachusetts-early-Artillery Massachusetts symbolism, native American. Massachusetts militia button, Massachusetts early use 1800 s to 1820 s. Massachusetts Massachusetts symbolism, MASSACHUSETTS, cannon, ARTILLERY. 1part-coat Tice-MS034 Albert-MS018 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

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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