Dark blue wool bunting field consisting of three panels stitched together, 4.5' hoist, 8.5' from hoist to tip of the swallowtail, with large white, hand-stitched cotton, 5-point star at center, set into cut-out in field, 28 in. tall. Canvas reinforced hoist with two whip-stitched grommets at top and bottom. Constructed ca 1860s. A significant flag, probably made during the Civil War period, as indicated by the hand-sewn details of the flag and the whip-stitched grommets. The flag is comparable to the large U.S. 2nd Division 12th Army Corps flag as well as the U.S. 2nd Division 20th Corps flag. Both flags consisted of a large, dark blue field with a single, 5-point star at center. The one exception to the U.S. 12th / 20th Corps flag is that this example has a swallowtail fly end. It is also similar in form to the 19th Army Corps flag, which changed from a square flag to the swallowtail flag in 1864, as referenced in Arms & Equipment of the Union, from the Time-Life series (p. 287). Our sincere thanks to Greg Biggs for providing information regarding this flag. Condition: Colors remain strong; slight spot, possibly from bleaching, near central star; tips of swallowtail fly end are frayed; star and hoist somewhat stained and toned; some scattered holes in field.
Dark blue wool bunting field consisting of three panels stitched together, 4.5' hoist, 8.5' from hoist to tip of the swallowtail, with large white, hand-stitched cotton, 5-point star at center, set into cut-out in field, 28 in. tall. Canvas reinforced hoist with two whip-stitched grommets at top and bottom. Constructed ca 1860s. A significant flag, probably made during the Civil War period, as indicated by the hand-sewn details of the flag and the whip-stitched grommets. The flag is comparable to the large U.S. 2nd Division 12th Army Corps flag as well as the U.S. 2nd Division 20th Corps flag. Both flags consisted of a large, dark blue field with a single, 5-point star at center. The one exception to the U.S. 12th / 20th Corps flag is that this example has a swallowtail fly end. It is also similar in form to the 19th Army Corps flag, which changed from a square flag to the swallowtail flag in 1864, as referenced in Arms & Equipment of the Union, from the Time-Life series (p. 287). Our sincere thanks to Greg Biggs for providing information regarding this flag. Condition: Colors remain strong; slight spot, possibly from bleaching, near central star; tips of swallowtail fly end are frayed; star and hoist somewhat stained and toned; some scattered holes in field.
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