Topographical Engineers Button Non-dug; Albert TE4B; Tice TE215; 22.5m

Description

Desirable Topographical Engineers Button Non-dug; Albert TE4B; Tice TE215; 22.5m; backmark SCOVILL MF’G CO/WATERBURY dm. Solid non-dug condition with push on shield and area; shank bent slightly. Topographical Engineers were absorbed into the Corps of Engineers in 1863; this is a Civil War wartime button. Tough one to get; much harder to find than the Corps of Engineers Civil War buttons.
The
U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers
was a branch of the
United States Army
authorized on 4 July 1838. It consisted only of officers who were handpicked from
West Point
[1]
and was used for mapping and the design and construction of federal civil works such as
lighthouses
and other coastal fortifications and navigational routes. Members included such officers as
George Meade
,
John C. Frémont
,
Thomas J. Cram
and
Stephen Long
. It was merged with the
United States Army Corps of Engineers
on 31 March 1863.