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[Three Virginia state uniform buttons]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.202 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cheshire, Connecticut Type: Object Date: circa 1860 Pagination: 3 buttons : brass Order a Copy

Three Virginia state brass uniform buttons. [Manufactured by Waterbury Button Co. in Cheshire, CT]. Buttons bear the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably belonging to Edward R. Archer while in the service of the Confederate States [Virginia] Volunteer Navy.

Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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