Honor flag another relic of Chenango's Civil War past
NORWICH – In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Chenango County Council of the Arts and the Historical Society will be presenting a Civil War commemorative weekend beginning Aug. 25. In preparation, The Evening Sun presents the second in a series of articles about items and locations around Chenango County that were relevant to the Union war effort and the men and women involved.
In July of 2003, the Honor Flag of the 114th New York Volunteers, a regiment consisting of enlistees from Chenango, Cortland and Madison counties, was presented to the Historical Society folded in a box and layered with tissue paper. It was decided that the flag was in need of conservation and was given to conservator Gwen Spicer for a two-year plan of treatment.
Conservation, not to be confused with restoration, was explained as “providing stability and minimizing future degradation of an object.” The goal was to remove dirt and return the flag to as close to its original appearance as possible. Due to the relatively good condition in which the flag was maintained, the process of unfolding and conserving process was much easier, reported Spicer.
The Honor Flag of the 114th regiment was first presented by Col. Samuel PerLee to his soldiers on May 22, 1865, the day before they marched in the grand review in Washington, D.C.
Following the war, the flag was kept by Col. PerLee for safekeeping and presented at each annual reunion of the soldiers of the 114th regiment. Upon Col. PerLee’s death, it was draped over his coffin and then presented to his only surviving son.
The flag itself is made of silk plain-weave with silk embroidery and measures 84” by 75”. After the conservation process was complete, it was mounted under a protective layer of ultraviolet filtered plexiglass in order to maintain its color and returned to the Historical Society, where it is now a permanent part of the museum and represents the bravery of the soldiers of the 114th regiment.
The Civil War commemorative weekend will include demonstrations by professional re-enactors of the 114th regiment and tours of the museum and the new research center. There will also be a musical performance by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason on Saturday evening and a dinner with the re-enactors on Friday at the Old Mill restaurant in Rockwell Mills.
For more information about the event and tickets for the concert and dinner, contact the Chenango County Council of the Arts at 336-2787, or the Chenango County Historical Society at 336-9227.
In July of 2003, the Honor Flag of the 114th New York Volunteers, a regiment consisting of enlistees from Chenango, Cortland and Madison counties, was presented to the Historical Society folded in a box and layered with tissue paper. It was decided that the flag was in need of conservation and was given to conservator Gwen Spicer for a two-year plan of treatment.
Conservation, not to be confused with restoration, was explained as “providing stability and minimizing future degradation of an object.” The goal was to remove dirt and return the flag to as close to its original appearance as possible. Due to the relatively good condition in which the flag was maintained, the process of unfolding and conserving process was much easier, reported Spicer.
The Honor Flag of the 114th regiment was first presented by Col. Samuel PerLee to his soldiers on May 22, 1865, the day before they marched in the grand review in Washington, D.C.
Following the war, the flag was kept by Col. PerLee for safekeeping and presented at each annual reunion of the soldiers of the 114th regiment. Upon Col. PerLee’s death, it was draped over his coffin and then presented to his only surviving son.
The flag itself is made of silk plain-weave with silk embroidery and measures 84” by 75”. After the conservation process was complete, it was mounted under a protective layer of ultraviolet filtered plexiglass in order to maintain its color and returned to the Historical Society, where it is now a permanent part of the museum and represents the bravery of the soldiers of the 114th regiment.
The Civil War commemorative weekend will include demonstrations by professional re-enactors of the 114th regiment and tours of the museum and the new research center. There will also be a musical performance by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason on Saturday evening and a dinner with the re-enactors on Friday at the Old Mill restaurant in Rockwell Mills.
For more information about the event and tickets for the concert and dinner, contact the Chenango County Council of the Arts at 336-2787, or the Chenango County Historical Society at 336-9227.
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