Need help to id a button

[selph]

Found this button the other day, and had to dig down about 9 inches to get it. It is a South Carolina button but I can't find out anything about the maker on the back. The name on the back is Schuckmanns and it was made in charleston s.c. Thanks for any help you can give

 

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[hillbillyhunter]

Found this button the other day, and had to dig down about 9 inches to get it. It is a South Carolina button but I can't find out anything about the maker on the back. The name on the back is Schuckmanns and it was made in charleston s.c. Thanks for any help you can give

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Post in what is it forum you will prob get more responses

 

[fyrffytr1]

"Phillip Shuckmann, Charlestown, SC, 271 King St. Clothier and fancy goods dealer from 1856-after 1900. The firm was not listed in military goods until 1878. However, a 2-pc SC button with small impressed letters has been dug from a CW site. This suggests that Schuckmann may have handled SC buttons before or during the civil war. Other Schuckmann- marked buttons having large letters appear to be post CW"
This came from McGuinn and Bazelon's book titled "American Military Button Makers and Dealers: Their Backmarks and Dates" A clear picture of the backmark would help ID your button but you may have a pretty rare one.