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Decorative Arts
Banner: Fort Stedman, March 1865
Title
Banner: Fort Stedman, March 1865
Object name
Banner
Date
1865-1875
Medium
Cotton chintz
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description
White cotton chintz banner with light blue painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "FORT STEDMAN/ MARCH 25, 1865." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number
1939.580
Marks
painted: center: "FORT STEDMAN/ MARCH 25, 1865."
Gallery Label
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




