15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-49-90: Silk regimental ▪ Dimensions: 73.5”x 77.5” ▪ Cotton Fringe: 2.25”
Description:
This painted silk national is very intact, but there is a lot of cracking in the painted design. The federal eagle is painted in the center of the flag with two arcing rows of stars above. The top arc contains 21 stars, and the bottom arc contains 13 stars. A red ribbon is painted below the eagle as a space for the regimental designation, but the designation was never filled in. There is some light-colored staining on the bottom right corner of the obverse of the flag. A gold-colored fringe is attached to the top, bottom, and fly edges of the flag. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 89” by 1.25”, is topped by a spade-shaped finial. The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques. The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “15th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 144” blue and white twisted silk cord and two tassels measuring 1.5”.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-50-90: Silk regimental ▪ Dimensions: 71.5”x 68.5” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This silk national flag was originally painted with a federal eagle and two arcing rows of stars, but very little of the design remains. Only eighteen stars, the edge of a painted ribbon reading “E P-“, and a portion of a wing are left. The entire fly edge of the flag and most of the bottom is missing. A small amount of gold-colored fringe is attached to the top and bottom of the flag. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 89.5” by 1.25”, is topped by a spear-shaped finial. The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques. The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “15th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 126” blue and white twisted silk cord and initially had two tassels measuring 1.5”. All that remains of the tassels are the wooden core they were formed over.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-51-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 72.25”x 73.25” ▪ Cotton Fringe: 2”
Description:
This silk national flag is quite tattered. While only half of the canton remains, given the arrangement of the gold painted stars, it is likely the flag was a 35-star flag, with the stars arranged in five rows of seven. The stars are very faded. Most of the fly edge of the flag is also missing, but portions of a painted regimental designation and battle honors are still visible. The regimental designation was painted on the fourth red stripe. What remains reads, “15TH. MICHI-”. The battle honors are painted with one honor on each stripe starting on the fourth white stripe. In order, what remains reads, “SHILO-” “SIEGE OF COR-” “IUKA. CO-” ‘VICKS-” “-BIG”. The battle honor on the final red stripe is illegible. Gold-colored fringe is attached to the top and bottom of the flag. The hoist end was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 89.75” by 1”, is topped by a spear-shaped finial. The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques. The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “15th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 126” blue and white twisted silk cord and two tassels measuring 1.5”. All that remains of one of the tassels is the wooden core it was formed over. The other tassel has a small bit of silk on the wooden core but is mostly just the wooden core as well.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
October 26, 2002 - Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Juliet E. Stevens Tent 14 and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Major Henry F. Wallace Camp 160
15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-52-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 74”x 73” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This 35-star national flag has gold painted stars arranged in two concentric ovals with ten stars in the inner oval, twenty stars in the outer oval, one star in the center, and one star in each corner. There is loss within the white stripes and along the fly edge. A gold-colored fringe is attached at the top, bottom, and fly edge. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 88.75” by 1.25” and is topped with a spade-shaped finial. The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques. The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “15th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 144” blue and white silk cord and two blue and white tassels measuring 2”. The tassels are formed on a wooden core. One of the tassels is starting to unravel.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
May 21, 1997 - Quakertown Questers, Chapter 115