Uniforms Vicksburg Navy Button

[Tom Hughes]

Here's a circa. 1850 D. Evans & Co. manufactured Union Navy button I dug on the Yazoo river north of Vicksburg.
The site where this button was recovered was documented to have been visited by several gunboats during the Vicksburg siege.
This one still retains a lot of gold gilt on it, even after 150+ years in the dirt.
The Union navy played a large role in the success of Grant's Vicksburg campaign and siege.
It is said that the first thing Grant did when Vicksburg surrendered was to go to the waterfront and thank the navy for their support and efforts.
This was a rare thing - for the army to thank the navy for anything..lol.

 

[Larryh86GT]

Nice Navy button.

 

[major bill]

Nice button and a great post.

 

[Drew]

This was a rare Gre- for the army to thank the navy for anything..lol.

LOL - Great find and thanks for sharing with the forum!

 

[JOHN42768]

Great find

 

[UCVRelics]

Nice one. You know I'm going to ask which D Evans BM does it have as they had several. Does it have a * in front of the D Evans?

 

[Tom Hughes]

Nice one. You know I'm going to ask which D Evans BM does it have as they had several. Does it have a * in front of the D Evans?

I don't see an * in front of it but it reads D. Evans & Co. / Superfine

 

[UCVRelics]

Then its this one which only came in 16mm which is either for a cuff or hat which makes it a rarer button.

 

[Tom Hughes]

Then its this one which only came in 16mm which is either for a cuff or hat which makes it a rarer button.
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Yes, it is a small size button.
Wow! Thanks for the info.