U.S. 35 Star flag.

U.S. 35 Star flag.
The wool bunting machine-stitched field of this named flag is composed of 13 horizontal alternating red and white stripes, the 35 stars are in a seven by five rectilinear pattern. The flag is marked 6 X 10 on the hoist and finished on the heading with three brass grommets. All features seen on flags made late in the American Civil War.

The flag is marked with the inscription "R. Ingersoll" which is thought to be a reference to Royal Ingersol, a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy during the American Civil War. It was a common 19th century practice for owners of flags to inscribe their names on the heading of flags as in this example.

Royal Rodney Ingersol graduated from the USNA in 1868 and had a distinguished naval career. He was the father of Royal Eason Ingersoll; a naval officer, who attained the grade of Admiral and rose to become the Commander-In-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in WWII.

Provenance: Acquired at auction in 1998 from C. Wesley Cowan, Cincinnati, OH.

Item is Framed

Sources:

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35 Star Flag - (1863-1865) (U.S.), Flags of the World, 7 May 2012, from: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-1863.html
Royal Rodney Ingersoll, Wikipedia, 7 May, 2012, from:

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection

Hoist & Fly
Width of Hoist	70
Length of Fly	120

Union/Canton
Width of Union/Canton	39
Length of Union/Canton	45

Stars
Size of Stars	3.75

Stripes
Width of 1st Stripe	5.5
Width of 3rd Stripe	5.5
Width of 8th Stripe	5
Width of Last Stripe	5.5
Size of Hoist	1.5

Frame
Is it framed?	yes
Frame Height	72
Frame Length	119

Stars
Number of Stars	35
How are the stars embeded?	Sewn
Are there stars on obverse?	yes
Are there stars on reverse?	yes

Stripes
Number of Stripes	13
Color of Top Stripe	Red
Color of Bottom Stripe	Red
Has a Blood Stripe?	no

Nationality
Nation Represented	United States

Fabric
Fabric	Wool
Comments on Fabric	Bunting

Stitching
Stitching	Machine

Attachment
Method of Attachment	Grommets

Documentation
Documents	All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings	All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition
Condition	Good
Damage	Holes
Displayable	yes

Date
Date	1865-1867