19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-65-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 72.5”x 34+” ▪ Silk Fringe: 2.25”
Description:
Very little remains of this silk national flag except for a few scraps of silk from the canton and top half of the flag. A gold-colored fringe is attached to the bottom edge of the flag. The hoist end was fashioned into a pole sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 84.25” by 1.5”, 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 “19th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 144” blue and whited twisted silk cord and two 2” blue and white silk tassels. The tassels are formed over a wooden core.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
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19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-73-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 72”x 72.5” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This silk national flag has gold painted stars arranged in a pattern consistent with a 35-star flag, however only 26 stars remain as the canton is very fragmented and there is a lot of loss. There is also a lot of loss in the stripes. A regimental designation is painted on blue painted ribbons across the center of the flag. It reads “19th REGIMENT MICHIGAN INFANTRY”. A gold-colored fringe is attached to the top, bottom, and fly edge of the flag. The hoist end was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 76.25” by 1.5”, is missing a finial but has a flange where a finial would have been attached to the flag. The staff also has a ferrule on the bottom.
No tassels or cords remain.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
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