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The Ridgeway Civil War
Archive
Federal general service two piece buttons
(GI94 to GI98), 1840's through 1860's generally
This is a sampling of relics collected by Harry Ridgeway over the years. This archive record is for educational purposes only. Some of the relics listed may be on display at the Old Court House Civil War Museum, Winchester Virginia, some are no longer owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to the separate sales catalog for items that are currently offered.
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.
Federal general service buttons, Albert GI94 to GI98 series, listed by backmark groups, individual die variants shown as they are found:
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Extra Quality...
B4188
Federal general
service button (21mm)
Backmark: "Extra / Quality " dm inner ring of dots
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A48
B4189
Federal general
service button (19.2mm)
Backmark: "Extra / Quality " dm between two rings
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A48 variant
B4190
Federal general
service button, nondug (19.2mm)
Backmark: "Extra / Quality " dm between two rings
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A49
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Evans... (D Evans)
B4180
Federal general
service button (20.8mm)
Backmark: "D Evans & Co / Attleboro" dm, inner ring of
dots
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A2
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Horstmann Bros.....
B4366
Federal general service button, nondug (14mm)
Backmark: "HBA / Extra" dm,
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215As13
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Scovill Mfg.....
B4181
Federal general
service button (19.7mm)
Backmark: "Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" rmdc
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A30
B4182
Federal general
service button (19.7mm)
Backmark: "Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" rmdc, stippled
channel
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A30 variant
B4183
Federal general
service button (23mm)
Backmark: "Scovill Mf'g Co / Waterbury" dm between two
rings of dots
Stand up shank intact, attractive gilded nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A33
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Steele & Johnson.....
B4184
Federal general
service button (19.7mm)
Backmark: "Steele & Johnson" dm between rings
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A39
Federal General service GI94, two piece button, Waterbury Button Co.....
B4191
Federal general
service button (21mm)
Backmark: "Waterbury Button Co / Extra" dm inner ring of
rope,
transitional backmark used during and after the war.
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A45
B4185
Federal general
service button (19.7mm)
Backmark: "Waterbury Button Co " dmdc mottled channel
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert GI94, Tice GEN215A46