Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Flag |
Catalog Number |
WD 286 |
Description |
Pattern: N/A flag; similar to Second National flag; red field, white canton with blue St. Andrew's cross; wool. Stars: Thirteen white cotton, 5-pointed. Border: None. Attachment: None. Unit Designation: None. Battle Honors: |
Material |
textile (wool, cotton) |
Dimensions |
H-56 W-65 inches |
Owner Regiment |
Unidentified Unit |
Event |
Appomattox Campaign |
Provenance |
Flag of an unidentified unit. Believed captured during Appomattox Campaign, April 1865 by Gen. George H. Gordon's Corps. "Rebel Flag, captured by Gordon's Corps" (from "Record of Rebel Flags Captured by Union Troops After April 19, 1861", National Archives, RG 94) |
Search Terms |
Petersburg Campaign / Siege of Petersburg Appomattox Campaign |