Vermont State Buttons

[Pvt H. B. Brown]

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knows where I might aquire some VT State buttons, perferably for the 8th VT Infantry Regiment.

Thank you,
Richard Morse

[RyanBWeddle]

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone knows where I might aquire some VT State buttons, perferably for the 8th VT Infantry Regiment.

Thank you,
Richard Morse


I don't know of a quality repro, you might have to go with originals...

[Nor'easter]

Though I have never purchased them there, if you desperately want them, "The Horse Soldier" in Gettysburg carries a wide selection of originals. It's one source if you need them right away. If you're patient and willing to dig I have in the past frequented several antique stores along the beach front here in Maine that cater to the tourist trade. Most of these shops maintain an odds & ends button box which they cast odd bunches of antique buttons into.
In rummaging through them I have pulled out enough Massachusettes buttons to do a couple of sack coats. I paid $3 a pop at the antique store. While down at Gettysburg several years ago I saw them in The Horse Soldier for $33 a piece.

Dig through the button box.

[NY Pvt]

This is a great site for original buttons, even if it is just to look at some pictures:

http://civilwarbuttons.com/