Civil War Memorabillia

AND SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH." A CIVIL WAR RECRUITMENT BROADSIDE FOR THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, COMPANY F, DESIGNATED AS THE 187TH PENNSYLV...

OHIO STATE FLAG WITH CIVIL WAR VETERANS' OVERPRINT FROM THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC POST IN COLUMBUS, MADE IN MOURNING OF THE 1925 PASSING OF NATIONAL G.A.R.

34 STARS IN AN OUTSTANDING OVAL MEDALLION CONFIGURATION, ON A NARROW CANTON THAT RESTS ON THE 6TH STRIPE, ON A HOMEMADE, ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, ENTIRELY HAND-...

The clearest example of this in the Civil War era surrounded the addition of Kansas as the 34th state.

Prior to the Civil War, Americans rarely displayed the flag for personal use.

33 STARS ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH A "GREAT STAR" CONFIGURATION ON A BRILLIANT, INDIGO BLUE CANTON, A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, 1...

33 STARS IN A "GREAT STAR" PATTER ON A BRILLIANT, ROYAL BLUE CANTON, A RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, 1859-1861, OREGON STATEHOOD 33 s...

33 STARS IN A DOUBLE-WREATH CONFIGURATION, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG DATING IMMEDIATELY PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE WAR'S OPENING YEAR, REFLECTS THE ADDITION OF OREGON TO THE UNION, ...

All-in-all, a wonderful example of the Civil War period with great colors and interesting characteristics.

The exceptional half-round molding dates to the Civil War era or prior, is made of solid mahogany, and retains its original surface.

Made of cotton, the stars are hand-sewn and double-appliquéd to a fantastic, cornflower blue canton, a color common to Civil War uniforms. The 34 state, Kansas, joined the Union in 1...

Antique American Flag With 36 Stars On A Cornflower Blue Canton, Civil War Era, 1864-1867, Reflects The Addition Of Nevada As The 36th State; A Great Folk Exaple With Haphazard Rows ...

The constant stream of immigrants posed great challenges for a working families, competing for scarce jobs, in work environments that were already often far from ideal. In post-Civil...

Infantry was afforded the privilege in 1841, just prior to the Mexican War (1846-1848), while cavalry regiments were not authorized until 1862, the second year of the Civil War.

The GAR rallied behind Harrison, a Civil War veteran brevetted to brigadier during Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Lincoln pushed Nevada through to statehood on October 31st, 1864, during the Civil War, and just 8 days before the November election.

These explicit patriotic figures experienced immense consumer popularity during and immediately following the Civil War era. The “Goddess of Liberty” now takes on new significance as...

The National Union Party was created just before the general election of November 1864, when the Civil War was still in progress. It was the Republican Party's temporary name, used t...

Watch fobs like this were Indian-made for the tourist trade and patriotic styles were produced for an audience of Civil War veterans. While it could be that the flag’s 18 stars and 9...

These are accompanied by a prominent Civil War-associated slogan: "The Union at all Hazards."

Americans who had imported European fans from the late 1600s to the mid-1800s, joined the fan-making fray soon after the Civil War and made-in-America fans began to acquire a followi...

The 4-5-4 configuration also occasionally dates to 13-star flags from the Civil War era, with two attractive examples documented in the private collection of Dr.

This became his campaign slogan, and signaled his desire to move past the violence of the Civil War and Reconstruction, while promoting reconciliation, stability, and the protection ...

This particular flag is of a known type, made by Made by Horstmann Brothers of Philadelphia, a major Civil War military outfitter. Horstmann produced its own press-dyed wool flags, s...

This is because they needed to be seen from a distance to be effective as signals. Until the Civil War, the primary use of the American national flag was to identify ships.

This became his campaign slogan, and signaled his desire to move past the violence of the Civil War and Reconstruction, while promoting reconciliation, stability, and the protection ...

In 1867 Illinois Secretary of State Sharon Tyndale proposed that the phrases in the state motto be reversed. In the wake of the Civil War, (which ended in 1865,) Tyndale suggested th...

Bloomsburg's first fire house, Friendship Fire Company, was established in 1868, shortly following the Civil War. Like most volunteer departments of that time, it was staffed by retu...

The Morrill act was passed during the first Lincoln administration, by the United States Congress, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War. This created the Land Grant University s...

He enlisted as a private in the Union Army during the Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major. He studied and practiced law before serving three terms in Congress and two terms...

Provenance: (see above for exhibition history) Mounting: The solid walnut frame retains its original varnished surface and dates to the Civil War era. This is a pressure mount betwee...

During the signing of the Armistice of November 11th, 1918, that ended the war, he was in command of Camp Colt, the Army's tank corps training center on the Civil War battlefield at ...

Soon after the sewing machine was mass-marketed, in the mid-1850’s, flag-makers both public and private made good use of treadle machines, to join stripes, when constructing American...

At this time there were 4 more Western Territories yet to be added and it was well known that they would eventually gain statehood. From the Civil War onward, it was actually common ...

Though lacking any specific history, the fabrics and construction, the scale, and circumstance of its finding suggest that it was somehow related to the flags that accompanied it, an...

They were displayed during the Civil War, to reference past struggles for American liberty and victory over oppression, and were used by 19th century politicians while campaigning fo...

The particular flag that is the subject of this narrative, was created from an identifiable, 35 star print block, used in the late Civil War period (1863-65) to create a type of flag...

Made sometime just following the close of the Civil War (1861-1865), most likely during the period of Reconstruction of the South (1865-1876), the absence of such a keen Union symbol...

Within the three different star sizes employed on the flag, there are 19 small stars in total. When the Civil War broke out, there were 19 Free States and 15 Slave States.

They were used by presidential candidates when campaigning for office and were carried by soldiers during the Mexican and Civil Wars to draw a parallel between the current and previo...