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Description: United States national flag dates from 1862. The hand-woven wool flag has seven red and six white stripes and a blue canton with 35 white stars sewn on, arranged in five rows of seven. A tag attached to the flag reads: "Hand woven, bullet-ridden American flag, containing 35 stars. Carried by 31st Regiment O.V.I. in Battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro, Tennessee December 31, 1862." The flag is made of wool and measures 125 by 190 cm. The Ohio Historical Society purchased this flag from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948. The seller acquired the flag from the grandson of Colonel William T. Coggeshall, who was the military secretary to Ohio Governor William Dennison during the Civil War. The Ohio Historical Society purchased this flag from the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948. The seller acquired the flag from the grandson of Colonel William T. Coggeshall, who was the military secretary to Ohio Governor William Dennison during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65273_001
Subjects: Civil War 1861-1865; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865; Flags--OhioUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio