Confederate Adjutant General button	The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway
	Winchester, Virginia USA (changed hands 70 times in the Civil War!) I am a collector buying and selling authentic Civil War Relics
	This page updated   April 27, 2008

Catalog of button backmarks
Halfmann & Taylor, Montgomery Alabama

E Halfmann formed a partnership with William Taylor to supply uniforms for the Confederacy during the Civil War.  The buttons bearing their name were probably made by Smith Kemp Wright and were smuggled through the blockade.  

Most information on this page is from Tice's book, Dating Buttons..., the pictures are generally from buttons that I have handled.  

Examples with this backmark: 

HalfmannT01var (26mm) 
 
Backmark:  "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot)" dm outer ring of dots, inner solid ring crowds the shank, English import, probably Smith Kemp Wright.
Tice page 191, item count 1, with modification 

Examples with this backmark: 
B5490     Confederate staff officer "CSA" English imported button (26mm)  

Ref: Albert CS1A2, TiceCS201A4 

HalfmannT01 (23mm) 

Backmark:  "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot)" dm two rings of dots, outer ring is crudely formed. English manufacture smuggled through the blockade.
Tice page 191, item count 1 [C4-11] with modification 

Examples with this backmark: 
B4611     Confederate Infantry manuscript "I" English imported button (22.5mm)  

Ref: Albert CS175A2, Tice CSI212A2   

B5381      Confederate Artillery Manuscript "A" English imported button (22.5mm)

Ref: Albert CS105A1, Tice CSA212A2

HalfmannT02 (23mm) 

Backmark:  "HALFMANN & TAYLOR / (dot) MONTGOMERY (dot) / ALABAMD" dm two rings of dots, outer ring is crudely formed. "Alabama" is not actually misspelled, this was English convention of the time. English manufacture smuggled through the blockade.
Tice page 191, item count 2 [C4-12] with modification

Examples with this backmark: 
B5392     Confederate Infantry Manuscript "I" English imported button (22.5mm)  

Ref: Albert CS175A1, Tice CSI212A1

B5484     Confederate Artillery Manuscript "A" English imported button (22.5mm)

Ref: Albert CS105A, Tice CSA212A1

B4306     Confederate Cavalry Manuscript "C" English imported button (22.5mm) 

Ref: Albert CS129A, Tice CSC212A1