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Baltimore Star Spangled Banner Flag House 3/2004 (ZFC0612) 34-Star United States Flag Date: 1861-1863 (Kansas was admitted to statehood on January 29, 1861) Media: Wool-cotton blend field, wool bunting canton with cotton stars, all machine sewn. Size: 90" on the hoist by 134" on the fly (7.5' by 11.2') Although The the 34-star United States flag technically became official on July 4th, 1861., many 34-star flags were made soon after Kansas' admission to the Union on January 29th, 1861. Settlers in Kansas had been fighting bitterly over slavery a full seven years before the secession crisis that culminated in the firing on Fort Sumter. However, as a Northern response to the secession crisis that led to the firing on Fort Sumter in April of 1861, many 34-star flags were made soon after Kansas admission to the Union on January 29th, 1861. Written on the heading of this flag is the inked inscription, "Charles H. Collins/ No. 4 (or 9) Hillhouse Ave.," followed by a litany listing of major and minor battles from the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861 to the battle of Seven Pines on May 31st/June 1st, 1862. Efforts to identify Charles H. Collins have proved elusive, as several. Several soldiers bore that name during the War. However, given the address, it is more likely that Collins may have been was a student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, who decorated this flag with the names of the engagements as the news traveled north. Why he stopped the inscriptions in 1862 is not known. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 2002 from the Mastai Collection through auction at Sotheby's of New York, New York. Presidential Debate Washington University at St. Louis October, 2004 (ZFC0612) Date: 1861-1863 (Kansas was admitted to statehood on January 29, 1861) Media: Wool-cotton blend field, wool bunting canton with cotton stars, all machine sewn. Size: 90" on the hoist by 134" on the fly (7.5' by 11.2') Although The the 34-star United States flag technically became official on July 4th, 1861., many 34-star flags were made soon after Kansas' admission to the Union on January 29th, 1861. Settlers in Kansas had been fighting bitterly over slavery a full seven years before the secession crisis that culminated in the firing on Fort Sumter. However, as a Northern response to the secession crisis that led to the firing on Fort Sumter in April of 1861, many 34-star flags were made soon after Kansas admission to the Union on January 29th, 1861. Written on the heading of this flag is the inked inscription, "Charles H. Collins/ No. 4 (or 9) Hillhouse Ave.," followed by a litany listing of major and minor battles from the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12th, 1861 to the battle of Seven Pines on May 31st/June 1st, 1862. Efforts to identify Charles H. Collins have proved elusive, as several. Several soldiers bore that name during the War. However, given the address, it is more likely that Collins may have been was a student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, who decorated this flag with the names of the engagements as the news traveled north. Why he stopped the inscriptions in 1862 is not known. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 2002 from the Mastai Collection through auction at Sotheby's of New York, New York.

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