Can you help ID this button?

[Trantner]

I dug this in a Union Civil War camp near Rolla, MO, that was primarily infantry but most had a mixed component. It was an early camp, probably 1861-1862. I found many typical general service buttons, but two of these thinner shield buttons.

 

[nhbenz]

Welcome to TreasureNet! If you could tell us the size and show us the back it would help ensure that you get an accurate identification.

 

[Trantner]

Of course. I should have supplied more detail.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

According to the Albert button-book, it is a "generic" state or county Militia unit button, a "flat 2-piece" from the very early 1830s. It lacks stars around the eagle because it is a cuff-size button. See Albert button number GI-57.

 

[Trantner]

The design is right on. Thanks CannonballGuy. Must have been a veteran in that regiment.