Here is a “dug” button from Gettysburg. It is a Massachusetts state seal cuff button, 15mm. Good face with plenty of detail but no gilt remaining. Brownish red patina, likely from fire pit. Strong shank, backmark partially visible, “… W. BUTTON CO.”

Recovered at the of the Union 2^nd Corps Field Hospital by Dean Thomas.

The 2^nd Corps set up their hospital on the Jacob Schwartz Farm around Rock Creek. This was the third and final location of that Corps’ field hospital. Initially moved due to Confederate artillery over-shots during Pickett’s Charge, and then from flooding along Rock Creek. The Schwartz farm buildings and fields eventually held over 3200 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.  [jet] [PH:L]

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