Designating flag of the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like this one. Their symbols and...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Potomac
Designating flag of the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like this one. Their symbols and...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Potomac
The First Michigan was the first regiment raised in Michigan after President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers. On 21 July, the regiment fought at Bull Run, near Manassas, Virginia. In the resounding defeat for the Union, this flag was...
American Civil War; battle flags; First Michigan Infantry; 1st Michigan Infantry
Stereograph entitled "Lincoln Chase" picturing the chair that President Lincoln occupied at the time of his assassingation at Ford's Theatre. Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co (c. 1865).
American Civil War; President of the United States; Abraham Lincoln, Assassination; chair