Button ID

[fyrffytr1]

Hey Y'all,
I am new to the site but not new to relic hunting. If you don't get too bored I will post some finds in later threads but would like to get a little help IDing a button now.
I found it here in south Georgia. I don't think it is civil war period. The backmark is Horstmann Bros & Co. Phila. The wing shape is throwing me. All the buttons I have seen have the wing tips pointing up, straight out or almost straight down.
As you can see, these tips angle down. I appreciate any help and look forward to participating in these forums.

 

[ngrelic]

Looks pre-war to me????? What part of South Ga. are you in? I will be moving to Southeast Ga. after the first of the year, probably early spring.

 

[brnn53]

That looks to be a post CW button probably Indian Wars. Nice condition though!
Mike

 

[fyrffytr1]

I live in Southwest Georgia near Albany. I feel like the button is post war. In fact it came from a Spanish-American war camp. I also found an Illinois state seal button there and just today pulled this buckle from the same site. There is an anchor and an X on the back of the buckle. I think it may be a knapsack buckle. The Illinois button is a 3 piece with a Works Bros Chicago Il backmark. It dates to the 1870-1880's.
I think that the eagle button may have been a regimental issue and there were probably thousands made but, I have yet to see another just like it.

 

[Larry (IL)]

Your top Eagle looks like one of the many variants of GI 98, General Services 1875-1902. Not listed in A. Albert. The wing tips has me baffled too.

Your Illinois is a IL 1A, again, probably Indian war. All great finds...........