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Union quilt
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This Stars and Stripes quilt was made in 1861 by
Mrs. Mary Rockhold Teter of Noblesville, Indiana,
for her son George, who served in the Union army
during the Civil War. In the center is a thirty-two-inch
blue square set diagonally on a field of fifteen
red and fourteen white 2 1/2-inch stripes with a
6 3/4-inch blue border. Thirty-four white stars
are appliquéd on a blue center, and the same
number on the border, representing the number of
states in the Union from July 4, 1861, to July 4,
1863. The date 1861 is quilted on one of the center
stars. Some of the stars in the lower left corner
of the border are quilted “Ab Lyncoln,”
“Abe,” “Scott,” “Butler,”
and “Genral Lyon.” The pattern for this
quilt was published in Peterson’s Magazine
in July 1861. |
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Division of Social History, Textiles
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Gift of Eugene A. Teter and Martha Brown Teter
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