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"Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York
Image Not Available for "Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York
Artist/Maker (1856 - 1936)

"Old Glory's" First Engagement, August 3, 1777, Fort Stanwix, New York

Graphite and gray wash on beige paper
Purchase, Robert J. Gallione Wilbur Fund
1955.283
DescriptionHistory
InscribedSigned at lower left in graphite: "HA Ogden"; inscribed along lower edge: " 'Old Glory's' first Engagement / Col. Gansewood raises the first flag -- (made in the fort) on a Bastion of Fort Stanwix (Rome N.Y) / at the beginning of its Seige by St. Leger - Aug 3d 1777."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Baum's March to Bennington, August 1777
Henry Alexander Ogden
1936.959