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Object Description
| Basic ID | Flag, Zouave Cadets militia flag, 1859. Silk. United States. Chicago History Museum Collection. x.719 |
| Title | Zouave Cadets militia flag |
| Place of Origin | United States |
| Date | 1859 |
| Physical 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 upper left badge, it is possible to read: "Colonel Joseph R. Scott/19th Reg Ill Vols Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Stones River Dec 31st, 1862 Died July 8th, 1863./Albert B. Hatch/Died at St. Louis, Mo. July 23rd, 1863/Charles Ellsworth/Died at Chicago June 16th, 1860/William K. Speed/Died at Memphis, Tenn." |
| Materials/Techniques | silk (textile) |
| Dimensions | Length: (10 ft); Width: (6 ft) |
| Object History | Abraham Lincoln reportedly gave this banner to Isaac N. Arnold, U.S. congressman from Illinois. |
| Subject Description | The flag's obverse side bears the Chicago Zouave's symbol, that of a painted tiger's head on a U.S. shield afixed to a five-pointed star. |
| Curatorial Statement | In 1859, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth organized the Chicago Zouave Cadets, a military drill team that competed against other drill teams at public events. The Zouaves won this flag at the U.S. Agricultural Fair held in Chicago in 1859. The unit later served in the Civil War and added the names of their fallen comrades to the gold shields in each corner of the flag. Elmer Ellsworth's name is written on the gold banner below the central star. Ellsworth was the first Union army officer killed in the Civil War. He was shot by a Confederate soldier, Private Francis E. Brownell, on May 24, 1861 after removing a Confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall House Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia. |
| Classification | information forms (objects) |
| Categories | information artifacts |
| Object Types | flags |
| Related Persons |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884 |
| Related Corporate Names |
United States Zouave Cadets United States Agricultural Society |
| Related Terms |
militias armed forces Civil War, 1861-1865 civil wars |
| Credit Line | Chicago History Museum Collection |
| Owner | Chicago Historical Society |
| Copyright Notice | © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved. |
| Object Number | X.719 |
| Image File Name | ICHi-63124; ICHi-63133 |
| Language | English |
| Repository | Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038 |
| Collection Name | Museum Collection |
Description
| Title | i63124 |
| Copyright Notice | © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved. |
| Repository | Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038 |
