1st Independent Battery, NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War
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Flag dimensions: 29 1/2" hoist X 40 1/2" fly.
(2004.0086)
The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag carried by the 1st Independent Battery, a silk, swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. The canton includes 35 gold painted stars in the typical, two-concentric circles, additional star in each corner, pattern.