Flag
- Object Name:
- Flag
- Object ID:
- 2005.500
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Small United States flag, linen or polished cotton, 2.75" x 4.4", glued to piece of blue-lined paper. Flag has seven hand-colored red stripes and blue field with 13 stars. Handwritten in ink below flag: "The above Flag was raised in Andersonville / Prison, at Andersonville Ga. by the Union Prisoners / of War there confined, July 4th 1864, on which / occasion they sang the "Star Spangled / Banner," "Rally Round the Flag Boys," and / other National Airs. / Presented by a member of the 5th N.H.V. / who was a prisoner at the time, and / owned the glorious little Flag. / Deposited By / Jared M Davis". Bold ink flourish below signature.
- Material:
- Textile
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-9.8 W-7.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Deposited by Jared M. Davis (1838-1903), who was born in Orford, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Davis, Jared M. (1838-1903)
- Subjects:
- Flags, War, Prisoners of war
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