Glossy Glass Flag Of Civil Ensign Circa 1776 Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Flag of Civil Ensign circa 1776 Information about early U.S. civil ensigns is scant, but there is evidence that at the time of the American Revolution some U.S. merchant ships flew a horizontally striped flag of 13 alternating red and white stripes.These flags with vertical stripes are similar to ones flown by the Sons of Liberty Such ensigns may also have served as early U.S. naval jacks in conjunction with the Grand Union Flag used as a naval ensign. In the early years of the United States, ensigns were not yet standardized, leading to number of known variations, such as the Serapis ensign used by John Paul Jones.