U.S. 34 Star National Color St. Louis Home Guard.

U.S. 34 Star National Color St. Louis Home Guard, 1861.
According to the De Young Museum records, this flag came from the St. Louis, Missouri area as a gift from Laura S. Edwards in 1924. It is said to have been half-staffed on the death of Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon, who was the first Union general killed during the Civil War.

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