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Metadata
Object Name |
Flag |
Catalog Number |
0985.12.00076 |
Description |
Pattern: First National flag; silk. Reverse: white field; motto in gold embroidery, "Liberty or Death". Cravat: red and white silk cravat with stars, gold fringe, and streamers Stars: Obverse: Fifteen gold with white inset 6-pointed stars; embroidered. Cravat: eight silver 5-pointed stars. Border: 1 3/4 inches gold metallic fringe on fly end; 2 inches white silk sleeve with cotton lining on hoist edge. Fringe on ends of cravat. Attachment: Sleeve. Unit Designation: "Forsyth Rifles, N.C." embroidered (obverse). Battle Honors: None. |
Material |
textile (silk) |
Dimensions |
H-43.5 W-74 inches |
Owner Regiment |
21st North Carolina Infantry, Co. D, "Forsythe Rifles" |
Made |
Bettie and Laura Lemley; Mollie and Carrie Fries; Nellie Belo |
Provenance |
Flag of the 21st North Carolina Infantry, Co. D, "Forysthe Rifles". Made by Bettie and Laura Lemley; Mollie and Carrie Fries; and Nellie Belo, sister of unit commander, Capt. Alfred H. Belo. Presented to the unit -- more specifically, Capt. Belo -- by six young ladies of Salem, North Carolina, on May 27, 1860, as that day was his 22nd birthday. [Conflicting information indicates the flag was officially presented to the regiment in front of the Belo House in Old Salem on June 17, 1861.] The presentation address was delivered by Bettie Lemley. The flag was carried until the fall of 1861; or, according to the donor, through the four years of the war. |
People |
Lemley, Bettie Lemley, Laura Fries, Mollie Fries, Carrie Belo, Nellie Belo, Alfred H. |
Subjects |
women civilians |