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This General Service button was found near the Enlisted Barracks at Fort Wallace in Wallace County. he button is of a size to have likely been used on a jacket cuff. Excavations took place at the fort in 1997 by archeologists from the Kansas Historical Society.
Date: 1866-1882
Item Number: 309496
Call Number: 14WC303-18-2 Feature 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309496
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Military
Military - Facilities - Barracks
Military - Facilities - Forts
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Wallace
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Accessory - Button - Uniform
Places - Counties - Wallace
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Wallace
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
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