PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY SCHOOLGIRLS IN KENTUCKY IN 1861 WITH GREAT DOCUMENTED HISTORY.

PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY SCHOOLGIRLS IN KENTUCKY IN 1861 WITH GREAT DOCUMENTED HISTORY. What a wonderful piece of history that was preserved and is being offered here. This 33” x 74” 9-stripe American flag with 18 stars. The 9 stripes and 18 stars exclude the founding Southern states and the 15 Southern slave-holding states and now represent the 18 “Union” Northern states. This flag has 9” x 6” paper label which reads “This flag was made by Miss. Charlotte Bright, the youngest teacher and several girls of senior class of Millersburg, KY, female college in 1861. It was hastily put together while a company of Confederate volunteers were being drilled on the street by Capt. Howard Henderson. The flag was waived from a college window while the men marched by, where upon the flag was saluted by the company with a volley of stones which broke the window and grazed the cheeks and heads of several of Kentucky’s loyal daughters who for several days ‘showed their wounds and called them honorable’ and grieved because those marks passed too soon away. Not a girl left the window under fire. Each one held to the flag – it had no staff – waving and cheering with a hardy ‘hurrah for the Union’ until the troops passed. The disturbance called the president of the school to the room. When he (Dr. G. S. Savage) appeared on the scene, as in duty bound, he reprimanded the girls and seized the flag. The president was very stern, outwardly, in word and gesture, for was not this a great breech of discipline which forbade any demonstration on any side and such . . . times of peace. But every girl knew she was applauded for the act in the heart of the loyal Dr. Savage. Mrs. J. D. Walsh, then Miss Bright, did not see the flag after that day until it was sent to her by Mrs. Savage in 1899.” In brown ink in center of flag reads a short inscription “From 1861 to 1899 was in poss. Geo. S. Savage”. This flag is entirely hand-sewn of material which we believe is polished cotton or polished linen. The 4-pointed stars are 5” across and have simple tack stitches to hold them in place. Materials used resemble those of lining material of dresses and coats of the day. Red stripes have faded greatly and now hold only a hint of pink. This flag, made of fine light cloth, has been well protected over the years and is still very sound and would display beautifully. CONDITION: Flag is intact with only a couple separations at seams of stripes. Some stitching to tacked stars is loose, but all stars are complete, attached and intact; for a couple, the fabric is folded over. There are scattered stains, some being brown and possibly the blood of the wounded students. 4-31601 JS247 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1442	$26,450.00	PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FLAG MADE BY SCHOOLGIRLS IN KENTUCKY IN 1861 WITH GREAT DOCUMENTED HISTORY. What a wonderful piece of history that was preserved and is being offered here. This 33” x 74” 9-stripe American flag with 18 stars. The 9 stripes and 18 stars exclude the founding Southern states and the 15 Southern slave-holding states and now represent the 18 “Union” Northern states. This flag has 9” x 6” paper label which reads “This flag was made by Miss. Charlotte Bright, the youngest teacher and several girls of senior class of Millersburg, KY, female college in 1861. It was hastily put together while a company of Confederate volunteers were being drilled on the street by Capt. Howard Henderson. The flag was waived from a college window while the men marched by, where upon the flag was saluted by the company with a volley of stones which broke the window and grazed the cheeks and heads of several of Kentucky’s loyal daughters who for several days ‘showed their wounds and called them honorable’ and grieved because those marks passed too soon away. Not a girl left the window under fire. Each one held to the flag – it had no staff – waving and cheering with a hardy ‘hurrah for the Union’ until the troops passed. The disturbance called the president of the school to the room. When he (Dr. G. S. Savage) appeared on the scene, as in duty bound, he reprimanded the girls and seized the flag. The president was very stern, outwardly, in word and gesture, for was not this a great breech of discipline which forbade any demonstration on any side and such . . . times of peace. But every girl knew she was applauded for the act in the heart of the loyal Dr. Savage. Mrs. J. D. Walsh, then Miss Bright, did not see the flag after that day until it was sent to her by Mrs. Savage in 1899.” In brown ink in center of flag reads a short inscription “From 1861 to 1899 was in poss. Geo. S. Savage”. This flag is entirely hand-sewn of material which we believe is polished cotton or polished linen. The 4-pointed stars are 5” across and have simple tack stitches to hold them in place. Materials used resemble those of lining material of dresses and coats of the day. Red stripes have faded greatly and now hold only a hint of pink. This flag, made of fine light cloth, has been well protected over the years and is still very sound and would display beautifully. CONDITION: Flag is intact with only a couple separations at seams of stripes. Some stitching to tacked stars is loose, but all stars are complete, attached and intact; for a couple, the fabric is folded over. There are scattered stains, some being brown and possibly the blood of the wounded students. 4-31601 JS247 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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