(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   March 05, 2008


Catalog of button backmarks 
Kent Paine, Richmond Va 

Kent Paine was an outfitter supply uniforms to Virginia and North Carolina.  Their buttons were made by Scovill

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


Kent01 (22mm)
BmKent01.jpg (25715 bytes)

"KENT. PAINE & CO. / RICHMOND * (dot) * (dot) * " stars obliterate "VA", rmdc stippled channel, Scovill manufacture.
Tice page 194, item count 1 [C4-16]
Back is pictured from VA13, Virginia state seal (B4437)


Kent02 (14mm)
BmKent02.jpg (31909 bytes)
"KENT. PAINE & CO. / RICHMOND." dm inner ring of dots, Scovill manufacture 1860
Tice page 194, item count 2 
Back is pictured from NC1, North Carolina state seal button  (B5031)


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