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The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War. After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army moved his force inland to strike at the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Buttons of the American Civil War. Presented are military buttons, manufactured 1800 to 20th century, emphasis on American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Research center, buttons, click: http://relicman.com//Button0000-Index.html
On the morning of April 30, 1863, roughly 23,000 Union soldiers disembarked from barges at Bruinsburg, Mississippi during the largest amphibious offensive in American history prior to the invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II.
The Battle of Jackson on December 19, 1862, was a Confederate attempt to delay the movements of the Union troops towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.
button backmark information this page is to assist you in identifying manufacturing dates on found buttons through use of their associated backmarks the scovill ompany abel porter & co 1802-1811 levenworth, hayden & scovill 1811-1827 j.m.l. & w.h. scovill 1827-1840
Mississippi buttons, state general use, southern wartime manufacture. Mississippi symbolism, star. Backmark: blank back (no text), back is convex, puffback, no depression around the shank, likely the product of one of the New Orleans producers.
The sometimes subtle differences in these backmark dies allow dating of buttons with some accuracy. Many of the common buttons of the Civil War continued in use through the remainder of the 19th Century. The backmarks are important in distinguishing Civil War from Post-Civil War buttons.
