Civil War Pennsylvania 53rd Regiment Pieced and Gilt-stenciled Silk American Flag

Description:

Civil War Pennsylvania 53rd Regiment Pieced and Gilt-stenciled Silk American Flag, c. 1864, likely a camp flag, with a hand-stitched field composed of seven red and six white stripes, the central red stripe with the gilt inscription "53D. PA.," the blue canton ornamented with thirty-four gilt-stenciled stars, the inner sleeve reinforced with linen, (loss u.r. corner, tears, creases, soiling),23 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.

Provenance: From Captain Archibald F. Jones, (b. January 7, 1824, d. March 8, 1879),who served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, Company G, recruited in Potter County, mustered in October 29, 1861, served for two and a half years, and was discharged July 24, 1864, by family descent to the consignor.

Note: During the American Civil War the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, comprising ten companies with 1,993 total enrolled, and assigned to the Second Corps, was one of the most hard-fought organizations of the Union army, taking part in all of the major battles from 1862 in Virginia, until the end at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, where it is reported that Captain Archibald Jones, the recipient of this flag, sustained a severe wound from which he never fully recovered. According to the family, Captain Jones received the flag from the regiment, who mailed it to him from the Appomattox Post Office within days of General Robert E. Lee's surrender. The square shape and format of the flag indicate that it was a camp color, used to mark the edge of the regiment's encampment.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

-Excellent research and statistcs of the 53rd PA regiment can be found at the following link: http://www.53rdpvi.org/history/history-home.htm
-A photograph of a similar Pennsylvania 53rd Regiment flag at the following link: http://www.53rdpvi.org/history/53dhistory-main.htm
- A photograph of the recipient of the flag Captain Archibald F. Jones (Co. G),can be viewed at the following link: http://www.53rdpvi.org/history/Historygallery.html
-See "Genealogical and personal history of northern Pennsylvania (Volume 3),by John Woolf Jordan, p. 42 of 99, for the recorded history of Captain Archibald F. Jones and his descendants, and the sustained an injury at the battle of Gettysburg from which he never fully recovered and his civilian life after the war. This can be read at the following link: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/genealogical-and-personal-history-of-northern-pennsylvania-volume-3-dro/page-42-genealogical-and-personal-history-of-northern-pennsylvania-volume-3-dro.shtml.


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