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

 

Texas buttons of the Civil War

All items listed are guaranteed authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.
Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.

B5326     Texas Cavalry button (15.5mm)  
 
Depicts five pointed star with letter "C", presumed intended for a Texas Cavalry unit, offered by Schuyler as a general stock item.  
Backmark: "SCHUYLER H & G / N YORK." dm inner ring of dots partly obscured by shank well. Scovill produced ca 1860, for small buttons only. (Schuyler24As)  
Two part hat or sleeve button.  
Stand up shank intact, top grade gilded nondug button.  
Ref: Albert TX22 not listed, Tice TX242As1           Sold!

B5357     Texas militia "local" button (20.6mm) 

Depicts five point star on crude lined field, with a false rim, wartime manufacture presumed intended for officers of a Texas militia unit.  
Backmark: blank back, slight concave channel, likely the product of one of the New Orleans producers (BlankLocal31)  
Two part coat button, low convex crude Confederate "local" construction.
Stand up shank intact, top grade gilded nondug button.  
Ref: Albert CS31A, Tice CS268A2           Sold!

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