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Re: Early Virginia First National

Hi Will,

You may well be correct there. The one at VHS has 13 stars in the canton of the obverse side only - a VA state Coat of Arms and the slogan and unit designation are painted in the canton on the obverse side.

The stars are 5 inches across and the flag measures 55 inches by 84.8 inches. This flag is silk and the COA and slogan are painted. The 13 stars indicates a post-November 1861 manufacture with Kentucky's rump secession that month adding the 13th star.

There was a Petersburg based artist who did some of these early war flags but I have yet to find out who he was.

Greg Biggs

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