This artifact is a fine excavated example of a Confederate Infantryman’s cast Block “I” brass button as worn on a Southern enlisted man’s uniform. Found at the North Carolina hospital site at the Black Horse Tavern in Gettysburg by the footbridge after the war, this cast coat-size infantry button is of one-piece cast convex construction with an edge border and is in excellent dug condition. Classed as a CS 184A in A.H. Albert’s reference volume, this circular, 23-mm, brass specimen exhibits a plain Roman block letter “I” displayed upon the face that has a smooth background. Never cleaned, the button shows no maker’s mark. Original shank is strong and intact. RV35. Here is a fine, original, Gettysburg-excavated Confederate uniform block “I” button from the Civil War that would fit with any Civil War collection.

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