NEW YORK STATE JACKET BUTTON FOUND AT THE HISTORIC SHERFY PEACH ORCHARD AT GETTYSBURG

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Choice button that retains about 75% of the original gilt finish. Backmark, “STEELE & _______”; second name “JOHNSON” not visible. Complete with shank. The Excelsior Brigade – 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th New York Volunteer Infantry regiments – found in the area of the Peach Orchard.

Found by local resident and relic hunter John Cullison, later part of the Rosensteel Family Collection, owners of the Electric Map Museum and then National Park Service Museum. [ws]

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