Shows the American flag made in Denver, Colorado for the First Colorado Volunteers Cavalry in the Civil War. The flag is made of wool and cotton, has 34 stars, and encased in nylon net.
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Notes
Accession ID: WR.1104; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: "Repair and muslin backing completed Jan. 1963, however the flag is sewn on to backing backwards. See: frontispiece[sic] Colorado volunteers in the Civil War- the New Mexico campaign in 1862 by William Clarke Whitford, the SHS 1906."; Object ID: WR.1104.1; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200200961
Physical Description
1 flag : wool and cotton ; 259 x 122 cm. (102 x 48 in.)
