Capture the Flag

17 Star, 17 Stripe U.S. Ensign, Privateer Blockade, War of 1812 captured by Captain James Clephan, HMS Charybdis This flag is significant for its rarity and symbolic importance. There are no other 17-stars with 17-stripes known U.S. flags to survive.

U.S. 24 Star Pennsylvania Militia color 1822 - 1836 - 6 Point Silver Stars. One of the half dozen oldest flags of Pennsylvania surviving depicting the national flag. Later in the conflict, on April 2, 1865, the 54th Pennsylvania Unit. Volunteers broke through the siege lines around Petersburg, Virginia recaptured this flag.

33 Star U.S. Storm Ensign - 1st U.S. Flag captured in Civil War at Pensacola, & USN officer recapture, January 1861 THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG CAPTURED DURING THE CIVIL WAR. This iconic ghost of an American flag is the earliest documented captured flag from the American Civil War.

U.S, Army Light Artillery Guidon, Sand's 11th Ohio Battery with Battle Honors. A Civil War flag from the Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military flags. It belonged to the Light Artillery Ohio Battery and was used by Ohio troops in the western theatre of the American Civil War.

13 Star U.S. Navy Boat Flag, Captured-Battery Wagner 1863,Capt. Chichester. This flag was captured by Captain Charles E. Chichester, commander of a battery of Confederate artillery that Union troops unsuccessfully attacked on July 11, 1863 (a week before the doomed assault dramatized in the film "Glory").

Confederate States of America 9 Star National Garrison Flag - New Orleans, 1862. Nine Star Confederate Flags are extremely rare, perhaps the rarest of all of the variants of the First National Confederate Flags since they were only official from May 18 to May 21, 1861, a mere four days. Captured by Col. Alexander Warner of the 13th CT. Vol.

13 Star, Confederate States of America - Lt. Artillery - reverses traditional U.S red over white, with staff, 1863, extremely rare 1 of 2. Captured at Fort Hindman, A very rare swallowtail Confederate guidon with its original blue lanyard. It was originally discovered furled around its staff with its red painted tin "halberd head" finial.

Spanish Colony, Cuban 4th Btn, 2nd Co, Havana Volunteers, extremely rare Cuban Militia Color, 1898 The Cuban Volunteers were troops raised in Cuba after the first war for Cuban independence in 1868. Used against the rebels, they were drawn from Cuba's lower classes and were accused of harsh tactics.

A swallow-tailed variant of the Spanish National flag. This flag was part of the collection of the M.H. de Young Museum. The size and lack of coat of arms suggest that it may have been homemade for display by a Spanish family to show their patriotism or for some kind of celebration.

Sultanate of Sulu (Moro) Battle Flag, 1899, Captured by Captain Lucien G. Berry. The Insurrectos were fighting for independence, initially from Spain and then ultimately from the U.S. All Moro flags were vernacular. As they were made locally they were generally field expedients and betray the great haste in which most were made.