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A U.S. 34-STAR RECRUITMENT FLAG, NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. A machine-sewn pieced wool U.S. flag with four gromets on the heading, 47 x 105 inches, stars in an 7-7-6-7-7- pattern, inscribed on the heading "Capt. Saml J. Hopkins, 7th N.J. Vols. 1862."
21 November 2023, 10:00 EST
New YorkUS$8,000 - US$12,000
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A U.S. 34-STAR RECRUITMENT FLAG, NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.
A machine-sewn pieced wool U.S. flag with four gromets on the heading, 47 x 105 inches, stars in an 7-7-6-7-7- pattern, inscribed on the heading "Capt. Saml J. Hopkins, 7th N.J. Vols. 1862." Heavily toned and with significant loss to the fly.
Provenance: Lt. Col. Samuel J. Hopkins, 7th NJ Vol. Inf., 1862-1863; acquired by Calvin Bullock, circa 1930s, until passing, 1944; by descent to daughter of Hugh Bullock; purchased for the Zaricor Flag Collection by private treaty, New York City, 1997.
Publication: Bullock, Calvin. Sixty Years. New York, 1954. P 32.
Exhibition: The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict. First and Second Presidio Exhibits, Jan-Feb and May-July 2003.
The Zaricor Flag Collection research suggests that this 34-star U.S. flag may have been made under contract to the State of New Jersey by William J. Yard of Trenton as part of a group of flags for use by recruiters endeavoring to fill the ranks of New Jersey's volunteer forces during the Civil War. The inked inscription on the canvas heading indicates that this particular flag was used by Captain (later Lt. Col.) Samuel J. Hopkins (1818-1881) of the 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in his effort to recruit volunteers in 1862 and 1863.
During the American Civil War the brass grommet, patented a decade before, found major use among flag-makers for the first time. Until the mass production of the brass grommet began, ties were run through buttonhole eyelets whip-stitched by hand into the canvas or linen headings along the hoist edge of a flag or a rope with toggle and loop were sewn directly into the heading. Although the brass grommet was a superior method of affixing halyards to flags, it was not universally adopted for another 25 years and it was not available in the South at all during the Civil War.
Provenance: Lt. Col. Samuel J. Hopkins, 7th NJ Vol. Inf., 1862-1863; acquired by Calvin Bullock, circa 1930s, until passing, 1944; by descent to daughter of Hugh Bullock; purchased for the Zaricor Flag Collection by private treaty, New York City, 1997.
Publication: Bullock, Calvin. Sixty Years. New York, 1954. P 32.
Exhibition: The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict. First and Second Presidio Exhibits, Jan-Feb and May-July 2003.
The Zaricor Flag Collection research suggests that this 34-star U.S. flag may have been made under contract to the State of New Jersey by William J. Yard of Trenton as part of a group of flags for use by recruiters endeavoring to fill the ranks of New Jersey's volunteer forces during the Civil War. The inked inscription on the canvas heading indicates that this particular flag was used by Captain (later Lt. Col.) Samuel J. Hopkins (1818-1881) of the 7th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in his effort to recruit volunteers in 1862 and 1863.
During the American Civil War the brass grommet, patented a decade before, found major use among flag-makers for the first time. Until the mass production of the brass grommet began, ties were run through buttonhole eyelets whip-stitched by hand into the canvas or linen headings along the hoist edge of a flag or a rope with toggle and loop were sewn directly into the heading. Although the brass grommet was a superior method of affixing halyards to flags, it was not universally adopted for another 25 years and it was not available in the South at all during the Civil War.