294 The 8th Kansas Volunteers Battle Flag
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Ernst F. Tonsing [email protected] [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] ; [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 9:36 PM Subject: 8th Kansas Battle Flag THE 8TH KANSAS VOLUNTEERS BATTLE FLAG Displayed in the Kansas State Historical Society Museum, Topeka, Kansas
Newly mounted on the wall just inside the entrance into the displays of the Kansas State Historical Society Museum, Topeka, Kansas, is the 8th Kansas Volunteers Battle Flag. I thought that you would like my description of it. The silk flag is about seven feet wide, six high, with a blue field and a gold fringe on the top, bottom and right sides. It is competently painted, with convincing attention to the fine details of the head and feathers of the "American Eagle" in the center. The eagle has spread wings, and holds in its beak a white ribbon with the inscription, "E PLURIBUS UNUM." Hanging from its neck on a chain is a crest with a blue field on top, and vertical, alternating red and white stripes below. The right claw of the eagle holds a clutch of arrows, the left claw a brance with eleven leaves and four red berries. Below is a wide, red ribbon, upon which is written, "EIGHTH KANSAS VOLs." Above the eagle's head in an arc are two rows of stars, twenty-one on the top row, thirteen on the bottom. The major campaigns of the unit are listed with gold paint in the blue field on either side of the eagle, and continue the arc downwards made by the stars. "PERRYVILLE." is listed above "LANCASTER." on the left, "HOOVERS GAP." over "CHICKAMAUGA." on the right. Below the design is the fifth battle, "MISSION RIDGE." The museum's (able notes: "Of all the Kansas regiments in the Civil War, the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry went further east than any other. They saw action in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. This regimental flag recalls five battles fought by the regiment between October 1862, and November 1863. At the battle of Chickamauga, members of the Eighth learned the deadly honor of carrying the flag. Of nine flag bearers, four were killed, three wounded, and two survived unhurt." In an interview with the Curator of Textiles, I discovered that this flag is one of the largest of the some eighty battle flags from the Civil War and the Spanish American War held by the Kansas State Historical Society,
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and the flag is one of the most beautiful. It's shape and size is unique among the other flags. It has the distinction of being the first of the museum'sflagsto be treated, stabilized and displayed. Last having been unfurled in 1905, it had deteriorated greatly. The skillful restoration was done by a woman on the East Coast, at a cost of over $3,500, under the "Save the Flags" Conservation Project of the museum. Ernst F. Tonsing, Ph.D. California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California March 24, 1998
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From: To: Cc:
Ernst F. Tonsing
Newly mounted on the wall just inside the entrance into the displays of the Kansas State Historical Society Museum, Topeka, Kansas, is the 8th Kansas Volunteers Battle Flag. I thought that you would like my description of it. The silk flag is about seven feet wide, six high, with a blue field and a gold fringe on the top, bottom and right sides. It is competently painted, with convincing attention to the fine details of the head and feathers of the "American Eagle" in the center. The eagle has spread wings, and holds in its beak a white ribbon with the inscription, "E PLURIBUS UNUM." Hanging from its neck on a chain is a crest with a blue field on top, and vertical, alternating red and white stripes below. The right claw of the eagle holds a clutch of arrows, the left claw a brance with eleven leaves and four red berries. Below is a wide, red ribbon, upon which is written, "EIGHTH KANSAS VOLs." Above the eagle's head in an arc are two rows of stars, twenty-one on the top row, thirteen on the bottom. The major campaigns of the unit are listed with gold paint in the blue field on either side of the eagle, and continue the arc downwards made by the stars. "PERRYVILLE." is listed above "LANCASTER." on the left, "HOOVERS GAP." over "CHICKAMAUGA." on the right. Below the design is the fifth battle, "MISSION RIDGE." The museum's (able notes: "Of all the Kansas regiments in the Civil War, the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry went further east than any other. They saw action in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. This regimental flag recalls five battles fought by the regiment between October 1862, and November 1863. At the battle of Chickamauga, members of the Eighth learned the deadly honor of carrying the flag. Of nine flag bearers, four were killed, three wounded, and two survived unhurt." In an interview with the Curator of Textiles, I discovered that this flag is one of the largest of the some eighty battle flags from the Civil War and the Spanish American War held by the Kansas State Historical Society,
3/28/98
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b
and the flag is one of the most beautiful. It's shape and size is unique among the other flags. It has the distinction of being the first of the museum'sflagsto be treated, stabilized and displayed. Last having been unfurled in 1905, it had deteriorated greatly. The skillful restoration was done by a woman on the East Coast, at a cost of over $3,500, under the "Save the Flags" Conservation Project of the museum. Ernst F. Tonsing, Ph.D. California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California March 24, 1998
3/28/98
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