- Mar 30, 2020
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Yesterday I found an eagle button in very poor condition. By itself, not an impressive find. When taken in consideration along with the other military buttons I have found from this area over the past 3 plus years, it becomes thought-provoking. The forests where I found these military buttons and partial shako plume holder (in the third photo) were farms right from the period of first European settlement in 1650 until fairly recently where they remain in a fallow and forested state.
While this area had minor, small scale Revolutionary War and War of 1812 action, no significant military conflict took place here to match the time period of these buttons. What did bring troops here was a whaling port and customs house until the demise of the whaling industry in the mid-1840s. Many whale boat Captains switched over to moving people from the NE US to the California Gold Rush starting in 1849.
Makes we wonder whether such buttons were lost on furlough or were actually on garments worn by former soldiers working on their farms.
While this area had minor, small scale Revolutionary War and War of 1812 action, no significant military conflict took place here to match the time period of these buttons. What did bring troops here was a whaling port and customs house until the demise of the whaling industry in the mid-1840s. Many whale boat Captains switched over to moving people from the NE US to the California Gold Rush starting in 1849.
Makes we wonder whether such buttons were lost on furlough or were actually on garments worn by former soldiers working on their farms.
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