Zouave Cadets militia flag
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- Created Date
- 1859
- Description
Obverse: dark blue taffeta. painted large star and tiger's head. AWARDED TO/THE U.S./Zouave Cadets/by the UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, at their/SEVENTH ANNUAL FAIR in gold. Large painted shield in each corner with names of the dead. Reverse: Large painted eagle and American flags. CHAMPION FLAG/Awarded at Chicago, Sept. 19th, 1859 on white taffeta edged with gold fringe. The text on the banner and shields is damaged in places. On the uppe...
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Information forms (objects)
Information artifacts
Flags
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884
United States Zouave Cadets
United States Agricultural Society
Civil War, 1861-1865
Militias
Armed forces
Civil wars - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Length: (10 ft)Width: (6 ft)Silk (textile)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Zouave Cadets militia flag. 1859. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2076. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1859) Zouave Cadets militia flag. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2076
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2076>.