Table 3 - Historic artifacts recovered from Test Area C.
Provenience Level or
Stratum 		Cat.
Number 		Identification Period Description
Adornment
T. U. 2 39 cm 29 U.S.A.
General Service button		 1865 Severely corroded, brass, 2-piece button, .55 inch (22 lignes) eagle device with barred shield
T. U. 2 42 cm 30 C.S.A. infantry
button 		1865 Corroded, brass, 3-piece, lined Roman "I" on face; identical pattern CS 172 (Albert 1969:364); 0.90 inch (36 lignes) diameter; rubberized fabric adhering to face and dark fabric to back removed to identify button
T. U. 2 45 cm 32 USA
General Service button		 1865 Severely corroded, brass, 2-piece button, 0.56 inch (22 lignes) diameter, eagle device with barred shield similar to Cat. #29; fabric adhering to back
T. U. 2 46 cm 43 Pants button ca. 1827-
1870 		Severely corroded, ferrous metal, 4 sew-thrus, .73 inch (29 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 51.5 cm 49 Button ca.
1855-
1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .42 inch (18 lignes) diameter (Luscomb 1967:183-184; McLeod 1983:225; South 1964:122)
T. U. 2 52 cm 50 Button ca.
1855-
1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .44 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 54 cm 45 Button 1855-
1870 		Black, hard rubber, plain, dome-shaped face, "eye-shaped" well with two sew-thrus; .72 inch (29 lignes) diameter; "N.R. Co/GOODYEAR'S P=T 1851." around back margin. Novelty Rubber Co. (McGuinn and Bazelon 1988:74)
T. U. 2 56 cm 46 Button ca.
1855-
1870 		Light blue Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .43 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 56 cm 47 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .40 inch (16 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 56 cm 48 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .41 inch (16 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 59 cm 31 C.S.A. General
Service button		 1861-
1865 		Brass, 3-piece, .91 inch (36 lignes) diameter; fabric on front and back; 8 mm high raised "C.S.A." in barred letters on face; back has "S. BUCK[LEY&Co]/BIRMING[HAM]" stamped around margin; equates with Albert's (1969:357) type CS 81A Made in England (McQuinn and Bazelon 1988:25)
T. U. 2 60 cm 60 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .45 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 61.5 cm 69 C.S.A. General
Service button		 1865 Brass, 3-piece; .88 inch (35 lignes) diameter; fabric on back; same as "C.S.A." button (Cat. # 31) above
T. U. 2 62 cm 57 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .44 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 63 cm 68 Suspender
buckle 		1865 Light weight, cuprous fragment
T. U. 2 64 cm 56 USA
General
Service button		 1865 Severely corroded, brass, 2-piece button, .55 inch (22 lignes) diameter, eagle device; shield with vertical bars
T. U. 2 64 cm 64 C.S.A. General
Service button		 1865 Brass, 3-piece; .87 inch (35 lignes) diameter; fabric on back; same as "C.S.A." button (Cat. #31) above
T. U. 2 65 cm 61 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .44 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 65 cm 62 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .43 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 65 cm 65 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .44 inch (18 lignes) diameter
Clothing
T. U. 2 65 cm 66 Button ca.
1855-1870 		Black Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .42 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 65 cm 70 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .43 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 65 cm 71 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .42 inch (18 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 66 cm 68 Suspender
buckle 		1865 Lightweight, cuprous buckle element; like that for Cat. #68 except more complete
T. U. 2 66 cm 73 Unidentified
military 		1865 Poorly preserved, brass, 3-piece button; face absent; .87 inch (35 button lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 67 cm 74 Suspender
buckle 		1865 Lightweight, cuprous buckle element; appears to be the remaining element of buckle represented by Cat. #68
T. U. 2 67 cm 75 USA
General
Service button		 1865 Badly fragmented, brass, 2-piece button face, similar to Cat. #29, eagle device with barred shield; fabric adhering to face
T. U. 2 S. wall 71 Button ca.
1855-1870 		White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, .39 inch (16 lignes) diameter
T. U. 2 Backdirt 44 U.S. Infantry
button 		1865 Corroded, brass, 2-piece button; eagle device on face with eagle facing right, 3 mm high "I" in recessed shield on chest, 0.81 inch (32 lignes) diameter; similar to GI 85A (Albert 1969:37); no back mark; fabric attached to front and back
Gustatory
T. U. 2 62-70
cm 		77 Spoon 1865 Tinned
T. U. 2 65 cm 78 Tinned
container? 		1865 180.8 gm, tinned vessel fragment; 4 fragments bearing leaded seam; length of seam suggests vessel at least 7 1/2 inches long; most fragments are flat, although 5 are curved; small fabric patches adhering to one surface of some pieces
Grave
Furniture
T. U. 1 61 cm 51 Unidentified ? 1 specimen
T. U. 1 62 cm 34 Unidentified ? 1 specimen
T. U. 1 70 cm 34 Unidentified ? 2 specimens
T. U. 1 54-86
cm 		34 Cut nail ? 1 30d specimen
T. U. 1 86 cm 34 Unidentified ? 1 specimen
T. U. 1 ? 34 Cut nail ? 1 12d specimen
T. U. 1 Backdirt 34 Cut nail ? 1 10d specimen
T. U. 2 30 cm 33 Cut nail ? 1 10d specimen
T. U. 2 30 cm 34 Cut nail ? 1 6d specimen
T. U. 2 61 cm 58 Cut nail ? 1 8d specimen
Arms and
Armament
T. U. 2 66 cm 64 .44 bullet 1865 Severely corroded, subconical, grease ring
T. U. 2 South
wall 		98 Canister 1865 Ferrous, badly corroded, .785 inch diameter
Organic
Objects,
Unidentified
Function
T. U. 2 65 cm 55 Purse edging? 1865 Cuprous metal edging for leather object
T. U. 2 67 cm 76 ? ? Wood fragment with cuprous stained exterior
Metal
Objects,
Unidentified
Function
T. U. 2 64 cm 67 ? ? 1 corroded, ferrous fragment
T. U. 2 South
wall 		97 Wire ? 4 ferrous fragments