Fort Sumter U.S. Flag Re-raising Program.

Fort Sumter U.S. Flag Re-raising Program, April 14th, 1865.
Program of the Order of Exercises at the Re-raising of the United States Flag on Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C., April 14th, 1865, Upon the Fourth Anniversary of the fall of the Fort.

On February 17, 1865, after repeated Union bombardments, the Confederates evacuated Fort Sumter, which had been reduced to little more than rubble. Recognizing the symbolic importance of recapturing the key fort in Charleston harbor, a ceremony was planned in which the Fort's former commander, Major General Robert Anderson would raise the same tattered, 33-star garrison flag he was forced to lower in 1861 at the war's onset. The special event was open to dignitaries by invitation only and on April 14, 1865, precisely four years after the capitulation of the Confederate garrison at Sumter and as part of a celebration of Union triumph, Anderson re-raised the flag and a garland of roses over the bombarded remnants of the fortress.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was the key speaker at the 1865 ceremony, giving a protracted and florid speech, in keeping with contemporary etiquette. He said:
"On this solemn and joyful day, we again lift to the breeze our fathers flag, now, again, the banner of the United States, with the fervent prayer that God would crown it with honor, protect it from treason, and send it down to our children.... Terrible in battle, may it be beneficent in peace [and] as long as the sun endures, or the stars, may it wave over a nation neither enslaved nor enslaving.... We lift up our banner, and dedicate it to peace, Union, and liberty, now and forevermore."

Later that same evening, President Lincoln was murdered at Ford's Theatre in Washington.

This Program was for the Order of Exercises which included:
I. Opening Prayer by Rev. Matthias Harris, Chaplain US Army
II. Reading of Psalms 126; 47; 98 & excerpts of Psalm 20
III. Reading of Major Andersons dispatch to government
IV. Raising of the flag on the ruins & a national salute of 100 guns
V. Singing of the Star Spangled Banner
VI. Address of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
VII. Doxology to the tune of One Hundred
VIII. Closing Prayer & Benediction by Rev. R.S. Storris, Jr., DD

These Programs were printed at The New South Office, Port Royal, S.C.

Exhibition History:
Second Presidio Exhibit

Publication History:
Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006.

Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1998 from a rarebook store Margolis & Moss, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ZFC Significant Flag
Item is Framed

Sources:

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Madaus, Howard M.- Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict, VZ Publications, Santa Cruz, 2006.

Henry Ward Beecher, Wikipedia 20 November 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher
Robert Anderson, Wikipedia 20 November 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_%28Civil_War%29

Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection

Hoist & Fly
Width of Hoist	8
Length of Fly	10.75

Frame
Is it framed?	yes
Frame Height	12
Frame Length	14

Stars
Are there stars on obverse?	no
Are there stars on reverse?	no

Stripes
Has a Blood Stripe?	no

Crest/Emblem
Description of Crest/Emblem	Program of the re-raising ogf teh flag at Ft. Sumter, 1865.

Nationality
Nation Represented	United States

Fabric
Fabric	Paper

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	Program shows sign of use and paper is dehydrated.
Displayable	yes

Date
Date	1865

Exhibits

Exhibition Copy

Exhibition Copy Second Presidio Exhibit Program for the Restitution of the Stars & Stripes Over Fort Sumter Both the size and the fact that this flag is fringed suggest that it served as a small flank marker made to indicate the location of an infantry regiments flanks when in line of battle or on parade. Although the star representing Nevadas statehood would not officially be added to the canton of the U.S. flag until July 4th, 1865, Nevada had become the nations thirty-sixth state eight months earlier and a few flag manufacturers recognized that occasion and added its star to the flags they made in the waning days of the Civil War. This flag is delicately made with gilt stars, suggesting that it may have been prepared for one of the units participating in the Grand Review of the Union Army which took place in Washington D.C. on May 24 25, 1865, during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. Unfortunately, no record survives of which unit carried it or precisely when or where it was made. Date: 1865 Size: 6.5" x 8.5" Medium: Printed paper Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1998 from a rarebook store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Margolis & Moss) ZFC0751

Publications

Publication Copy

Publication History: Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, Program for the Restitution of the Stars & Stripes Over Fort Sumter Both the size and the fact that this flag is fringed suggest that it served as a small flank marker made to indicate the location of an infantry regiments flanks when in line of battle or on parade. Although the star representing Nevadas statehood would not officially be added to the canton of the U.S. flag until July 4th, 1865, Nevada had become the nations thirty-sixth state eight months earlier and a few flag manufacturers recognized that occasion and added its star to the flags they made in the waning days of the Civil War. This flag is delicately made with gilt stars, suggesting that it may have been prepared for one of the units participating in the Grand Review of the Union Army which took place in Washington D.C. on May 24 25, 1865, during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. Unfortunately, no record survives of which unit carried it or precisely when or where it was made. Date: 1865 Size: 6.5" x 8.5" Medium: Printed paper Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 1998 from a rarebook store in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Margolis & Moss) ZFC0751