VERY LARGE US CIVIL WAR 34 STAR FLAG

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Item Code: 766-1931

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The United States only used the 34-star flag from July 4, 1861 to July 3, 1863.

This flag is entirely handmade of cotton bunting and meas. approx. 8.00 feet long on the hoist by 15.00 feet long on the fly.

Stars are arranged in a linear pattern, are of white cotton and are handsewn to the flag. Before a star was applied, a matching shaped hole was cut in the blue canton and then the white cloth star was sewn over the hole one side. The cut hole allowed the star to be seen on the opposite side of the canton. When the seamstress sewed the star in place, they sewed the cut edge to the star ensuring all seams were closed and tight.

The hoist edge is made of heavy canvas with a blue stripe running through it. There are two finished holes, one at top and one at bottom of the hoist. The one at bottom is slightly enlarged. One end of the hoist has a period ink name “CUSHMAN” over “5 YARDS.”

The flag is complete but does have some condition issues. There is a vertical tear about 7.50 inches long in the bottom red stripe and there are numerous small stains scattered throughout. The stains appear to be caused by the flag rubbing against something while it was flying. It looks perhaps like bits of tar from a tarred roof perhaps or a tarred flag pole.

As with any fabric this old there are numerous stress separations as well as minor amounts of lost material. One of the lower white stripes is badly stained.

This is a flag that saw use during the Civil War and though it may be a little tired it is still a flag full of history having obviously flown over some home or public building or perhaps a military camp or hospital.  [ad][ph:L]

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