This flag belonged to the First Michigan Light Artillery, 14th Battery, mustered in at Kalamazoo in 1864. The First Michigan Light Artillery was limited to twelve six-gun batteries, requiring additional batteries to be given a particular...
First Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Michigan Light Artillery; American Civil War; battle flags
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
This swallowtail guidon belonged to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry raised in the Detroit area in 1862. The Fifth joined the First, Sixth and Seventh Cavalry regiments to make the Michigan Cavalry Brigade commanded by General George Custer. After the...
This swallowtail guidon belonged to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry raised in the Detroit area in 1862. The Fifth joined the First, Sixth and Seventh Cavalry regiments to make the Michigan Cavalry Brigade commanded by General George Custer. After the...
Organized in 1863 at Grand Rapids, the Seventh was part of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under the command of the "Boy General" from Monroe, Michigan—George Armstrong Custer. Each company or troop within a cavalry regiment carried a swallowtail...
This flag belonged to the First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery J. The First Michigan Light Artillery was composed of twelve six-gun batteries. Each battery carried an identifying flag, called a swallowtail guidon because of its distinctive shape.
First Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Michigan Light Artillery; American Civil War; battle flags
The First Michigan Light Artillery was composed of twelve six-gun batteries. Each battery carried an identifying flag, called a swallowtail guidon because of its distinctive shape. Because this flag lacks the usual identifying letter or number, we...
First Michigan Light Artillery; 1st Michigan Light Artillery; American Civil War; battle flags