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Shown are two different types of button that were recovered during the 1990 survey and excavation at the Mine Creek Battlefield by Kansas Historical Society Archeologists and crew. The site was the location where on October 25, 1864 Union and Confederate forces fought one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War. One button is a brass 4-hole sew through, white the other is a ferrous overall button that may post date the battle.
Date: 1864
Item Number: 456238
Call Number: 14LN337-217 & 14LN337-502
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 456238
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Clothing
Military - Equipment - Uniforms
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Battle of Mine Creek
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Historic sites - Mine Creek Battlefield
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
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