Four (4) Civil War Confederate officer staff buttons. 1st item: Arkansas brass coat button, 3-piece construction, depicting the Arkansas state seal, the goddess of Liberty over a shield surrounded by an eagle on a lined background. Manufacturer's marks Horstmann & Allien N.Y. stamped, en verso. Approximately 22 mm dia. 2nd item: Georgia brass coat button, 2-piece construction, depicting the Georgia state seal, a dome bearing "Constitution" supported by three pillars, "Wisdom", "Justice", and "Moderation", a solider in between the first and second columns. Manufacturer's marks Horstmann & Allien N.Y. stamped, en verso. Approximately 22 mm dia. 3rd item: South Carolina brass coat button, 2-piece construction, depicting the South Carolina state seal, a palmetto tree over an oak log, symbolic of the Revolutionary War victory at Sullivan's Island on a lined background. Manufacturer's marks Canfield Bro & Co. Baltimor [sic] stamped, en verso. Approximately 22 mm dia. 4th item: Alabama brass coat button, 2-piece construction, depicting the map of Alabama on a tree, map incised "Alabam [sic]". Blank back with channel, en verso. Approximately 21 mm dia. Provenance: The collection of internationally known ragtime pianist and historian Johnny Maddox, Gallatin, TN. CONDITION: Overall good, nondug condition with some minute areas of tarnish. All shanks present. 4th item: Shank slightly loose, possible later resolder. Areas of tarnish, en verso.