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CONFEDERATE BIBLE FLAG OF SGT. JOSEPH L. GRANTHAM OF THE 16TH VA INFANTRY, MAILED TO HIS FUTURE WIFE, MISS LYDIA A. GRANTHAM, OF MIDDLEWAY, VIRGINIA (ANNEXED TO WEST VIRGINIA IN 1863)
13 STARS IN A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, WITH UNUSUALLY LARGE STARS THAT HAVE AN UNCOMMONLY BOLD PRESENTATION, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-63)
13 STARS, A COTTON PARADE FLAG, MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1850 AND THE CIVIL WAR, LIKELY TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF A UNION SOLDIER BY JOHN S. WHITE OF THE 21ST MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS, COMPANY H
13 HAND-SEWN STARS ON A FLAG WITH ELONGATED PROPORTIONS, IN A RARE, SMALL SIZE FOR THE PERIOD, 1876 CENTENNIAL ERA
38 STAR FLAG WITH A MULTI-COLOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN'S BADGE AT THE CENTER OF A WHIMSICAL MEDALLION STAR CONFIGURATION AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON THE WAR STRIPE, COLORADO STATEHOOD, 1876-1889
35 HAND-EMBROIDERED STARS IN 3 DIFFERENT SIZES, ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A WHIMSICAL "GREAT STAR" PATTERN, A MASTERPIECE AMONG KNOWN EXAMPLES, IN A RARE SMALL SIZE, MADE OF SILK, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, WEST VIRGINIA STATEHOOD, 1863-65
34 STARS IN COLUMNS OF FIVE STARS WITH AN OFFSET COLUMN OF FOUR AT THE HOIST END, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THIS EXACT FORM, 1861-1863, OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR
34 STARS, A CIVIL WAR PERIOD PARADE FLAG ON ITS ORIGINAL WOODEN STAFF, RARE AND WITH EXCEPTIONAL GRAPHIC QUALITIES, KANSAS STATEHOOD, 1861-63
38 STARS IN AN EXTREMELY RARE LINEAL CONFIGURATION THAT HAS 4 TINY STARS EMBEDDED IN THE PATTERN, 1876-1889, COLORADO STATEHOOD
45 STARS, 1896-1907, UTAH STATEHOOD, A SCARCE, ELONGATED VARIETY WITH A RECTILINEAL STAR PATTERN THAT IS NOTCHED IN THREE CORNERS
26 STARS IN THE "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, PRE-CIVIL WAR, MICHIGAN STATEHOOD, 1837-1845
THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF AMERICA: THE "GRAND UNION", ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN 19TH CENTURY EXAMPLES WITH SEWN CONSTRUCTION, FOUND IN GREATER PHILADELPHIA, MADE IN 1876 FOR THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
13 STARS IN A 4-5-4 CONFIGURATION, ENTIRELY HAND-SEWN, A U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT ENSIGN WITH A SMALL CANTON AND AN ELONGATED FORMAT, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1850 AND THE OPENING YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1863)
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