Calvary button

[Older The Better]

Might have found my first civil war era button. I’m still looking into the back mark, I’ve found one mention of it so far saying it’s an uncommon one. Thought maybe some of you guys on here might id it faster than I will. The style of eagle looks good for civil war era if it was scoville but I’m not sure with the other back mark, maybe Spanish American or Indian wars?

 

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[Older The Better]

If it matters it was found in Kansas, in an area that wasn’t settled until after the civil war. That’s why I’m not sure if it’s a indian wars or a Spanish American war button but it sure looks good for civil war. I’m surprised how little I’ve came up with as far as

“jc fuller phill ext. “ back mark

 

[Gene Mean]

I found this, hope it helps. Looks like Civil War era.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rare-j-c-fuller-bm-brass-infantry-coat-button-gi

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The button's finder Older The Better wrote:
> If it matters it was found in Kansas, in an area that wasn’t settled until after the civil war.

The fact that an area was not "settled" until after the civil war does not preclude civil war Military relics from being dug in that area. For example, the notorious yankee cavalry "Jayhawkers" ranged far and wide in their terror campaign against Confederate-sympathizer civilians in Kansas.

The name in your button's backmark refers to John C. Fuller, listed in the Philadelphia City Directory as a "jewelry-maker and importer" at 40 South 3rd St. and 712 Chestnut from 1857 to 1867. The button backmark-dating book by McGuinn & Bazelon says buttons with the JC Fuller backmark have been dug from civil war sites, and specifically lists Eagle-C buttons as one of the JC Fuller types.

 

[Older The Better]

Thanks for the info, and cbg is totally right there was action in the area up to and during the civil war, I just like to look at things from an odds perspective, a dramatic increase in white people in the 1870’s would increase the odds a button would be dropped later in the century... I’m pleasantly surprised to see it is probably civil war. I’ve yet to find anything from that era around here, I’ve got stuff from the early 1800’s and the late 1800’s but I’ve been missing that gap from 1840-1870.
Come to think of it that’s only my second military relic I’ve found.

 

[smokeythecat]

Cannon ball guy is correct, as usual. Once upon a time ago I found a Rev War ax, the real deal, in an antique shop in Kansas City, Missouri. That traveled a long way also.