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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> come in last week with what appears to be a
> Civil War era flag that belonged to an ancestor who fought
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> from Ohio . 
> The flag is actually a remnant since the red and white
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> removed and the only thing that remains is the blue field
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> 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
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