"Our Flag is There!" Our Flag is There Naval officers and crew hoist the American Flag on board one of the nine Union Navy gunboats blockading Mobile, Alabama, possibly U.S.S. SCIOTA, under an early morning sky. Painted by the artist Alfred R. Waud, it made the cover illustration of Harper’s Weekly, on Feb. 13, 1864. It is double matted and framed by I.A. G in Pittsburgh. It measures 18 1/4" x 17".