Are any of these Civil War buttons?

[BIRD999]

Just wondering if these might be Civil War buttons?   If any look like they might be I can provide more pictures 

[Bob B]

Hard to tell which backmarks go with which buttons, but the Wm. Smith backmark and Scovills & Co. backmark predate the Civil War. 

[Bob B]

The cuff buttons with the Evans, Extra Quality, and Scovill Mfg Co Waterbury backmarks are maybes since those markings were used during the Civil War and well beyond.

[BIRD999]

26 minutes ago, Bob B said:

The cuff buttons with the Evans, Extra Quality, and Scovill Mfg Co Waterbury backmarks are maybes since those markings were used during the Civil War and well beyond.

Thanks, Bob I will get some better pictures when I get a chance

[BIRD999]

37 minutes ago, Bob B said:

Hard to tell which backmarks go with which buttons, but the Wm. Smith backmark and Scovills & Co. backmark predate the Civil War. 

Do you think the Wisconsin buttons might be Civil War?

[Bob B]

4 minutes ago, BIRD999 said:

Do you think the Wisconsin buttons might be Civil War?

No, the Scovill backmark is an 1870's type and the Pettibone backmark even later.

[CAC1901]

With buttons they need to be lined up and a photo taken of front and back sides, taking care to keep them in the same position. Otherwise its just pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

[BIRD999]

Here they are individually in order front to back.  The ones in the group photo have no back stamping.  

[BIRD999]

On 12/21/2025 at 10:36 AM, CAC1901 said:

With buttons they need to be lined up and a photo taken of front and back sides, taking care to keep them in the same position. Otherwise its just pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

Thanks.  I added them individually 

[BIRD999]

On 12/21/2025 at 9:09 AM, Bob B said:

Hard to tell which backmarks go with which buttons, but the Wm. Smith backmark and Scovills & Co. backmark predate the Civil War. 

I photographed them individually and reposted.

[danimal03]

Hello,

Numbers 6-9 are Civil War era (hopefully I counted right).  The rest of the individual ones are post-War. The brightly gilted eagle button with 13 stars made by Waterbury is a reproduction attempt of a CS button.  The last pic has a bunch of buttons. There is a Navy button in there which I did not see in the individual pics, so I won't comment on the last group button picture. cheers!