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First Presidio Exhibit (ZFC1088) 34-Star United States Recruiting Flag, 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Date: 1862-1863 Media: Wool bunting with cotton stars; all hand sewn Comment: This 34-star U.S. flag was made under contract to the State of New Jersey by William J. Yard of Trenton as part of a group of flags for use by recruiters endeavoring to fill the ranks of New Jersey's volunteer forces during the Civil War. The inked inscription on the canvas heading indicates that this particular flag was used by Captain Frank J. Hopkins of the 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in his efforts to recruit volunteers for that regiment in 1862 and 1863. During the American Civil War the brass grommet, patented a decade before, found major use among flag-makers for the first time. Until the mass production of the brass grommet began, ties were run through button hole eyelets whip-stitched by hand into the canvas or linen headings along the hoist edge of a flag or a rope with toggle and loop were sewn directly into the heading. Although the brass grommet was a superior method of affixing halyards to flags, it was not universally adopted for another 25 years and it was not available in the South during the Civil War. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1088) in 1998 from the Bullock Flag Collection of New York City, NY. Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - Gallery III (ZFC1088) 34-Star United States Recruiting Flag, 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Date: 1862-1863 Stars: July 4, 1861-July 3, 1863 (Kansas statehood January 29, 1861) Media: Wool bunting with cotton stars; hand-sewn Comment: This 34-star U.S. flag was made under contract to the State of New Jersey by William J. Yard of Trenton as part of a group of flags for use by recruiters endeavoring to fill the ranks of New Jersey's volunteer forces during the Civil War. The inked inscription on the canvas heading indicates that this particular flag was used by Captain Frank J. Hopkins of the 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in his efforts to recruit volunteers for that regiment in 1862 and 1863. During the American Civil War the brass grommet, patented a decade before, found major use among flag-makers for the first time. Until the mass production of the brass grommet began, ties were run through button hole eyelets whip-stitched by hand into the canvas or linen headings along the hoist edge of a flag or a rope with toggle and loop were sewn directly into the heading. Although the brass grommet was a superior method of affixing halyards to flags, it was not universally adopted for another 25 years and it was not available in the South during the Civil War. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC1088) in 1998 from the Bullock Flag Collection of New York City, NY

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