Skip to main content
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2383, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Confederate Flag
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2383, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Confederate Flag

Original OwnerOriginally owned by George W. Avery American, 1836 - 1893
Date1861-1865
Mediumnatural fibers, metal sequins
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width x height): 7 × 5 7/8 × 1/16in. (17.8 × 15 × 0.2cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Dorry H. Swope
DescriptionSmall hand-stitched Confederate States of America Battle flag, blue saltire featuring sequins on a red field with cream-colored border. The phrase “Victory or Death” has been hand-embroidered on the flag in ecru floss. The miniature flag is stitched to a wire for hanging.
Object number2018.53.2383
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Jane Eleanor Hofer Kettendorf, 1994.59.12, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domai…
    Eleanor Clara Neumann
    1950s
    Gift of Captain Charles J. Fuller, 1897.8.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1862
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1904.5.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The…
    Lydia Church
    1791
    Waistcoat
    Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth
    about 1785
    Gift of Marian Ann J. Montgomery, PhD, 2022.50.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
    Marian Bergeron
    1933
    Dress
    Jennie Holcomb Yale
    about 1894-1898
    Museum purchase, 1986.157.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
    Caroline Watrous
    about 1815
    Woman's Shoes
    Goodsell family
    about 1905
    Woman's Shoes
    Dorothea Hilton Ormerod
    about 1920