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Re: Help with a Civil War era flag
From:
Luetta Jean Coonrod <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:00:15 -0800
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Julie,

If you send me pictures, I may be able to help.  I have some books on CW flags, as well as some contacts.

Good luck!
Luetta

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> From: Julie Blood <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Help with a Civil War era flag
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> Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 9:56 AM
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> someone who has knowledge of Civil War era
> flags from Ohio . 
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> I had a visitor
> come in last week with what appears to be a
> Civil War era flag that belonged to an ancestor who fought
> in the Civil War
> from Ohio . 
> The flag is actually a remnant since the red and white
> stripes have been
> removed and the only thing that remains is the blue field
> with 35 stars.  I
> know that it can be dated to 1863, as West
>   Virginia was the 35th state.  The flag was hand sewn
> and in one area of the blue field it has stenciled in black
> "37JK3OHS38".  We assume that the flag was
> made in
>  Ohio , but the owner of the flag would like
> to know if the numbers mean anything else and what other
> history can be learned
> from the flag.  I have photographs if anyone is
> interested. 
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> Julie
> Blood 
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> Collections
> and Exhibit Manager 
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> San
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> Historical Society &
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> P.O. Box 30, Lodi ,
>  CA 95241 
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> 953-3460 
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