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The flag is 4 feet by 5 feet and is trimmed in gold fringe. On the “front,” or obverse side, the center of the flag bears the painted state seal of Virginia, with a female warrior, the symbol ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month.
TRENTON — Rare military flags carried into combat by New Jersey's Civil War soldiers were recently unveiled as part of the state's 350th anniversary celebrations.
A large Confederate flag is on display at the State Museum in Albany. The massive Confederate flag was torn down by Col. Elmer Ellsworth, a soldier born in Saratoga County who is widely remembered ...
Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Ohio auction. Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry, the Confederate flag is one of several items open to bidders on April 25 and 26 in Columbus.
The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized battle flag. Just $2 for 6 months! SUBSCRIBE NOW ...
TRENTON – Five historic flags from the Civil War were unveiled by the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association on Tuesday. The museum's collections include more ...
The Civil War started 160 years ago this month, but for the Union state of Minnesota and the Confederate state of Virginia, the war never really ended because of an ongoing battle over a prized ...
A new exhibit at the New York State Museum features the art of Civil War soldier and noted Hudson River School painter Sanford Robinson Gifford. The exhibit will open Nov. 9, 2013. Sanford Gifford ...
On June 20, 1863, West Virginia seceded from Virginia to align with the Union during the Civil War. It rejected the Confederacy then, but the state hasn't taken down any Confederate statues in 2020.
Instead, it had 35 stars, the number U.S. flags had after July 4, 1863, when West Virginia became a state. But in some cases, a 35th star was added to the existing 34-star flags to account for ...
The Civil War, he added, represents just a sliver of Virginia's history dating to the European settlement of Jamestown in 1607. "We're encouraging folks to fly an American flag, to blow up social ...