FABRIC FROM THE CHAIR OF PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS AND FLAG REMNANT FROM CS CAPITAL BUILDING, TAKEN DURING THE FALL OF RICHMOND

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11” by 14” unframed display with a piece of fabric from Jefferson Davis’s Presidential chair in the Confederate House of Representatives, and a remnant of the flag removed from the Confederate Capitol building in Richmond. Included is a copied photo of the Capitol Building.

Gray suede matting with red accents. Certificate of authenticity and provenance documentation included.

A period note accompanied the piece of chair fabric, stating that it was taken from Richmond by George D. Murray on April 3, 1865. Research done shows a George D. Murray of the 5th Connecticut Infantry. The original larger piece of fabric was part of a Connecticut estate, leading to the belief that it was this soldier who took the fabric as a souvenir.  Piece measures 5/8” x ¾”.

John O. Foster was a Methodist minister attached to the 24th Army Corps and is said to have preached the first sermon following the fall of Richmond, April 4th, 1865. Foster landed at City Point on April 2nd, 1865 at 2 PM and upon his arrival helped tend to the wounded from both sides that had arrived by train nearby. Foster also had the opportunity to watch the bombardment of Petersburg. That evening Foster watched Richmond burn, and was later given a pass to enter the city. On April 3rd or 4th, Foster, undoubtedly the first Union chaplain in the City, was given a section of the enormous Confederate flag which flew over the Confederate State House. On April 5th, his diary states he visited the Confederate Treasury. He noted: “Promises to pay [bonds] in ton lots – told help yourselves – Did so…”. Foster obtained as many varieties of bonds and Confederate money as he could and glued the sections of the Confederate flag he had obtained onto them. A label was later affixed to one section stating: “Confederate money valuable as curios, pieces of flag floating over Capitol at Richmond on day of capitulation.” Foster then preached under guard at the Presbyterian Church to an audience composed of mostly liberated slaves.

The flag remnant above which measures 1” x ¾” is from the flag taken from the Confederate Capitol with the edge turned to show a portion of a Confederate bond or banknote Foster removed from the Treasury and glued thereon. [LD] [PH:L]

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