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

South Carolina buttons of the Civil War

B5432     South Carolina state seal button (21.7mm)
 
Button depicts the seal of South Carolina, a palmetto tree over an oak log, symbolic of the Revolutionary War victory at Sullivans Island.  
Backmark: "YOUNG. SMITH & CO / * * * NEW. YORK * * * " dm two inner solid rings, third inner ring is set of triangles resembling a gear, Scovill produced ca 1830's or 1840's (Young08)  
Two part convex coat button, slight convex back, well made button is silvered.
Stand up shank intact, silvered nondug button.  
Ref: Albert SC8, Tice SC238B1 $400.00

B5093     South Carolina state seal button (22.6mm)

Backmark: "SCHUYLER. H & G. / NEW - YORK. " rmdc stippled
channel, Scovill manufacture 1850's (Schuyler14)
South Carolina state seal, two part button.
Stand up shank intact, attractive nondug button.
Ref: Albert SC13, Tice SC248A5 $275.00

B5213     South Carolina state seal button (22.6mm)
 
Backmark: "SCHUYLER. H & G. / NEW - YORK. " rmdc stippled channel, Scovill manufacture 1850's (Schuyler14)
South Carolina state seal, two part button.
Stand up shank intact, gilded dug button.
Recovered: central Virginia
Ref: Albert SC13, Tice SC248A5 Sold!

B5142     Citadel Cadet, South Carolina (18.2mm)

Backmark: "HORSTMANN & ALLIEN / NY" dm between two rings.
These buttons do show up on an identified cadet uniform on display at the Citadel museum in Charleston, SC. Buttons are identified as
SC militia by both Albert and Tice, but this is cadet size, not militia size button and examples have been found on the old Citadel campus downtown Charleston.
Shank intact, fully gilded nondug button.
Recovered: not known
Ref: Albert SC15 unlisted, Tice SC266Am1             Sold!

B3010     Kings Mountain Military School button (20mm)
 
Kings Mountain Military was formed 1855, Yorkville SC (modern day York SC) this two part "cadet" size button was supplied at that time.
Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY."  rmdc on a stippled field, ca 1850's (ScovillM72)  
Two part cadet size coat button, manufactured 1850's  
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button   
Ref: Albert SU189, Tice SCS294A1 $400.00

B3685   Kings Mountain Military School button (20mm) 

Kings Mountain Military was formed 1855, Yorkville SC (modern day York SC) this two part "cadet" size button was supplied at that time.
Backmark: "SCOVILL MF'G. CO. / WATERBURY."  rmdc on a stippled field, ca 1850's (ScovillM72)  
Two part cadet size coat button, manufactured 1850's  
Stand up shank intact, gilded nondug button   
Ref: Albert SU189, Tice SCS294A1         $350.00