This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the Twenty-Second Michigan Infantry. The series is a compilation of the military history of each soldier of the Civil War who was a resident of the State of Michigan at the time of enlistment.
This tattered banner once read, "Presented by the Citizens of Kalamazoo To the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry." The regiment was mustered in at Kalamazoo in January 1862. So quickly did they leave for the field that the city had no chance to present...
In July 1862, with the war going badly for the Union, President Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 more volunteers. The Eighteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was rapidly recruited and mustered in at Hillsdale. Pausing briefly in Toledo,...
The Twenty-first Volunteer Infantry Regiment fought in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. After the Civil War, regiments were ordered to return their battle flags to the state. The flag displayed here, painted with the names of the...
Drawing volunteers from the Oakland, Macomb and Lapeer counties, the regiment was mustered into service at Pontiac in August 1862. The regiment was raised and commanded by Colonel Moses Wisner, governor of Michigan from 1859 to 1860. On September...
American Civil War; battle flags; 22nd Infantry; Twenty-Second Infantry
Drawing volunteers from the Oakland, Macomb and Lapeer counties, the regiment was mustered into service at Pontiac in August 1862. The regiment was raised and commanded by Colonel Moses Wisner, governor of Michigan from 1859 to 1860. On September...
American Civil War; battle flags; 22nd Infantry; Twenty-Second Infantry
Drawing volunteers from the Oakland, Macomb and Lapeer counties, the regiment was mustered into service at Pontiac in August 1862. The regiment was raised and commanded by Colonel Moses Wisner, governor of Michigan from 1859 to 1860. On September...
American Civil War; battle flags; 22nd Infantry; Twenty-Second Infantry
This flag was carried by the Twenty-Sixth, which was mustered into service at Jackson on 12 December 1862. Although the regiment saw most of its action in Virginia, it was also sent to help put down draft riots in New York City in 1863. The troops...
Designating flag for the First Brigade, Fourteenth Army Corps. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified the brigade,...
American Civil War; battle flags; Fourteenth Army Corps; 14th Army Corps
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 Division, Twentieth Army, Army of the Cumberland. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Cumberland
Designating flag for the First Division, Ninth Army Corps. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified the brigade, division,...
American Civil War; battle flags; Ninth Army Corps; 9th Army Corps
Designating flag for the Second Brigade, Sixth Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Army of the Mississippi. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Mississippi
Second Brigade, Army of Ohio designating flag. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified the brigade, division, corps and...
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 Third Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Potomac
Designating flag of the Fifth Division Center, Fourteenth Army of the Cumberland. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Cumberland
The flag you see here hung in the Capitol from a staff surmounted by a gold eagle which bore an engraved silver plate. Everyone assumed it was the regiment's original flag. But closer inspection--possible only after the flags were removed from the...
The Thirteenth Michigan Infantry mustered in at Kalamazoo in January 1862. So quickly did they leave for the field that the city had no chance to present the set of colors that had been ordered from New York. Instead the flags--including a national...
The Thirteenth Michigan Infantry mustered in at Kalamazoo in January 1862. So quickly did they leave for the field that the city had no chance to present the set of colors that had been ordered from New York. Instead the flags--including a national...