Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 1922.015
- Place of Origin:
- Martinsburg, VA
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Flag. First National flag of the Confederacy. Hand stitched. Canton; measures 8.5" x 9.25" with seven ecru 1.5" appliqued stars with raw edges top stitched on a blue field and with two red stripes of 4" and one white stripe of 5" widths. Hoist end finished with 0.5" cotton binding. Each star represents seven states that formed the confederacy from March-April, 1861. Ecru stripe, stars, and hoist binding are all made from the same plain woven cotton. Blue and red parts of the flag are constructed from the same cotton plain weave fabric which has double warp or weft yards in random intervals. Canton and stripes are joined by 0.125" flat felled seams. Captured by Company F of the 1st Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers at Martinsburg, Virginia, July, 1861. Three selvedge visible of the fly end of each stripe as well as the hoist end of the canton. Top and bottom hemmed 0.25".
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-12.5 L-30 inches
- Provenance:
- Captured by Company F of the 1st Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers while occupying Martinsburg, VA (WV), July, 1861. Gift of a descendant of Nashua, NH, soldier who served in the 1st Regiment.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary Hendrick Kittredge
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