The Treatment of the 4th Regiment U.S.C.T. Civil War Flag
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Spicer, Gwen (Author)
- Deutsch, Alexandra (Author)
Title
The Treatment of the 4th Regiment U.S.C.T. Civil War Flag
Abstract
An almost complete double-sided National flag from the 4th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, owned by the Maryland Historical Society, was conserved and mounted. The mount contained a window in order to keep the painted eagle on the canton exposed.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington, D.C., USA 1–5 August 2011
Conference Name
24th International Congress of Vexillology
Publisher
North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
Place
Trenton, NJ, USA
Date
2011
Event Place
Washington, D.C., USA
Pages
949-959
Series
ICV Proceedings
Series Number
ICV 24
ISBN
978-0-9747728-4-4
Archive
NAVA Digital Library
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
NAVA Publications Index (NPI) // International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
open access
Extra
[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Spicer, Gwen, and Alexandra Deutsch. 2011. “The Treatment of the 4th Regiment U.S.C.T. Civil War Flag.” Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology, Washington, D.C., USA 1–5 August 2011, ICV Proceedings, 949–59. NAVA Digital Library. https://www.nava.org/digital-library/icv24spicer-deutsch.pdf.
Organization
Topic
- 18th Army Corps
- 35-star flags
- 4th Regiment
- African-American soldiers
- Battle of Chaffin’s Farm
- Battle of New Market Heights
- BEVA adhesive
- Buffalo Soldiers
- circular star pattern
- Civil War
- Congressional Medal of Honor
- Corporal Charles Veal
- double-sided artifacts
- e pluribus unum
- eagles
- flag conservation
- flag mounting
- Lyceum Observer
- Maryland Historical Society
- mounting textiles
- painted flags
- painted silk
- Plexiglas
- Sergeant Arthur B. Hilton
- Sergeant Major Christian Fleetwood
- silk flags
- stars
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Colored Troops
- Union Army
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