$36,000
Civil War Pennsylvania 53rd Regiment Pieced and Gilt-stenciled Silk American Flag, c. 1864, likely a camp flag, with a hand-stitched field composed of seven red and six white stripes, the central red stripe with the gilt inscription "53D. PA.," the blue canton ornamented with thirty-four gilt-stenciled stars, the inner sleeve reinforced with linen, (loss u.r. corner, tears, creases, soiling), 23 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. Provenance: From Captain Archibald F. Jones, (b. January 7, 1824, d. March 8, 1879), who served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, Company G, recruited in Potter County, mustered in October 29, 1861, served for two and a half years, and was discharged July 24, 1864, by family descent to the consignor. Note: During the American Civil War the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, comprising ten companies with 1,993 total enrolled, and assigned to the Second Corps, was one of the most hard-fought organizations of the Union army, taking part in all of the major battles from 1862 in Virginia, until the end at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, where it is reported that Captain Archibald Jones, the recipient of this flag, sustained a severe wound from which he never fully recovered. According to the family, Captain Jones received the flag from the regiment, who mailed it to him from the Appomattox Post Office within days of General Robert E. Lee's surrender. The square sh Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
