ZFC Item Section - Confederate States 11 Star Bible Flag.

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Exhibition Copy	Exhibition Copy: Chicago Meeting December, 2003 (ZFC0002) 11-Star Confederate States of America, First National Bible Flag Date: 18611863 Medium: Hand Sewn Silk Comment: These small flags are often referred to as bible flags. They were common to both North and South during the American Civil War. Often made for a soldier by a mother, wife, sweetheart or sister, smaller flags were often carried by soldiers in pocket bibles as a reminder of loved ones at home. Slightly larger flags were used as bookmarks for passages of scripture in family bibles as a way to remember those serving at the front. Religion was very meaningful on both sides, especially after 1863, when the Union and the Confederacy each began to equate their cause with a crusade. In the North the fight to free the slaves was added to the campaign to save the Union, while in the South it became a fight to defend hearths and altars. It is regrettable that we do not know the soldier or family with which this flag was associated, but it is representative of the religious fervor with which many Southern soldiers embraced the Lost Cause. The flag, which is in its original frame, was probably captured by the Union soldier whose army induction papers are framed on the reverse of the flag. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0002) in 1996 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD. University of California - Santa Cruz Board of Councilors Meeting, Rare Flags Exhibit Santa Cruz, CA 7 June 2012 Santa Cruz, CA, June 7, 2012: The Zaricor Flag Collection exhibited 34 flags and artifacts at the University of California Santa Cruz Campus for the Board of Councilors Meeting. 11 Star Confederate States of America, Bible Flag & Union Draft Notice Date: 1861-1863 Media: Hand sewn silk and paper. Comment: This small flag were referred to as "bible flags." They were common to both the North and the South during the American Civil War. Often made by a family member or sweethearts, some were smaller flags often carried by soldiers in pocket bibles as a reminder of loved ones at home. Slightly larger flags were used as bookmarks for passages of scripture in family bibles as a way to remember those serving at the front. Religion was meaningful on both sides, especially after 1863, when the Union and the Confederacy each began to equate their cause with a crusade. In the North the fight to free the slaves was added to the campaign to save the Union, while in the South it became a fight to defend hearths and altars. It is representative of the religious fervor with which many southern soldiers embraced the Lost Cause. This 1st National flag, which is in its original frame, was probably taken as a trophy by Richard H. Smith, the Union soldier whose army induction papers are framed on the reverse side of the flag. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0002) in 1996 from the Star Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD. www.FlagCollection.com

Exhibits

Title information is available upon specific request. Additional information available upon request to researchers, writers and others demonstrating special circumstances. In some situations, information may not be available.

Exhibition Copy

Exhibition Copy:
Chicago Meeting December, 2003
(ZFC0002)
11-Star Confederate States of America, First National Bible Flag
Date: 18611863
Medium: Hand Sewn Silk
Comment: These small flags are often referred to as bible flags. They were common to both North and South during the American Civil War. Often made for a soldier by a mother, wife, sweetheart or sister, smaller flags were often carried by soldiers in pocket bibles as a reminder of loved ones at home. Slightly larger flags were used as bookmarks for passages of scripture in family bibles as a way to remember those serving at the front.
Religion was very meaningful on both sides, especially after 1863, when the Union and the Confederacy each began to equate their cause with a crusade. In the North the fight to free the slaves was added to the campaign to save the Union, while in the South it became a fight to defend hearths and altars.
It is regrettable that we do not know the soldier or family with which this flag was associated, but it is representative of the religious fervor with which many Southern soldiers embraced the Lost Cause.
The flag, which is in its original frame, was probably captured by the Union soldier whose army induction papers are framed on the reverse of the flag.
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0002) in 1996 from the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD.

University of California - Santa Cruz
Board of Councilors Meeting, Rare Flags Exhibit
Santa Cruz, CA
7 June 2012

Santa Cruz, CA, June 7, 2012: The Zaricor Flag Collection exhibited 34 flags and artifacts at the University of California Santa Cruz Campus for the Board of Councilors Meeting.

11 Star Confederate States
of America, Bible Flag &
Union Draft Notice

Date: 1861-1863

Media: Hand sewn silk and paper.

Comment: This small flag were referred to as "bible flags." They were common
to both the North and the South during the American Civil War. Often made
by a family member or sweethearts, some were smaller flags often carried by
soldiers in pocket bibles as a reminder of loved ones at home. Slightly larger flags
were used as bookmarks for passages of scripture in family bibles as a way to
remember those serving at the front.
Religion was meaningful on both sides, especially after 1863, when the
Union and the Confederacy each began to equate their cause with a crusade.
In the North the fight to free the slaves was added to the campaign to save the
Union, while in the South it became a fight to defend hearths and altars.
It is representative of the religious fervor with which many southern
soldiers embraced the Lost Cause.
This 1st National flag, which is in its original frame, was probably taken
as a trophy by Richard H. Smith, the Union soldier whose army induction papers
are framed on the reverse side of the flag.

Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0002) in 1996 from
the Star Spangled Banner Flag House Collection of Baltimore, MD.
www.FlagCollection.com