November 10, 2021 11:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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A Civil War era 34-Star "Union And Liberty Forever" American Flag commemorating Kansas Statehood
1861-1863
The double appliqued hand-sewn blue cotton stars enclose a hand-sewn blue cotton dove above the stenciled inscription, "Union And Liberty Forver" on a muslin canton, 13 hand-sewn and pieced cotton stripes, no sleeve or heading.
6 ft. x 14 ft.
Note
The flag was purportedly originally owned by Albert L. Hewitt (1842-1910) prior to his enlistment as a Private in Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment, August 5th, 1864. The Flag was retained by the Hewitt family until the death of his son in 1973.
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
Sold for $35,280
Estimated at $10,000 - $20,000
The double appliqued hand-sewn blue cotton stars enclose a hand-sewn blue cotton dove above the stenciled inscription, "Union And Liberty Forver" on a muslin canton, 13 hand-sewn and pieced cotton stripes, no sleeve or heading.
Note
The flag was purportedly originally owned by Albert L. Hewitt (1842-1910) prior to his enlistment as a Private in Battery H, 1st Michigan Light Artillery Regiment, August 5th, 1864. The Flag was retained by the Hewitt family until the death of his son in 1973.
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
