Confederate states button found in northern Illinois.

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I got out yesterday and found these in a newly plowed field. The cs over a button was id,ed by cannonball guy.
We believe the CS-over-A buttons were worn by the cannoneers of a Louisiana State Militia artillery regiment called the Washington Artillery, because a good number of these extremely rare buttons have been dug in campsites known to have been occupied by the Washington Artillery. It is thought that the "A" is separated from the CS because it is intended to mean Confederate States Artillery.

 

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