Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Fragments of flag from Fort Sumter
Object Number:
1949.58
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Wool; wood, leather, metal, glass
Dimensions:
overall, including frame: 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 8.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Two fragments of the flag which flew over Ft. Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War, one red fragment, one white fragment; housed in sixth-plate daguerreotype case and framed by scalloped mat; hinged top of case missing.
Gallery Label:
These fragments are from the flag which flew over Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina at the beginning of the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Jerome Alexander
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
