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Soldiers and Sailors

ords Register of Militia officers prior to 1858 Veteran Burial Locations Text to go here… Learn More Men who were federalized in 1940 Text to go here. Learn More New
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/soldiers-and-sailors

Flags

200 military flags dating from the War of 1812 to the present. They are an important resou…of these battle flags have survived for over 140 years… excessive light exposure for over 100 years caused fibers to deteriorate and gra
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags

Heraldry

in which he discovered the Hudson River in 1609. The original European settlement in New … 20 May 1910. BLASON CREST
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1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Flank Markers | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes two flank markers carried by the 1st Artillery. Both flags feature painted inscriptions in gold, shadowed in red, along the top and bottom. The regiment’s numeric designation, in gold paint, appears in a red painted…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/1st-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/ny-volunteers-flank-markers

Battery A, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag carried by Battery A, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. The flag includes…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/1st-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-ny-volunteers-guidon

Albany Republican Artillery, NY State Militia | Regimental Color | c.1809

This yellow, silk regimental color includes the Arms of the City of Albany painted to one side surrounded by seventeen, seven-pointed stars. The other side includes a stylized Arms of the United States encircled by seventeen, seven-pointed stars (see deta…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/albany-republican-artillery-ny-state-militia

1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers


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Battery I, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Battery Flag | Civil War

In March 1864, Battery I received this silk, two-sided flag from “friends of the Company.” Exposure to harmful light rays caused the flag’s color to fade to a light yellow from the original more reddish hue still visible along the staff sleeve. On the rev…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/1st-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-i-ny-volunteers-marker

Battery I, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection also includes a silk, swallowtail guidon carried by Battery I, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers. In the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862, the flag includes on…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/1st-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-i-ny-volunteers-guidon

Battery K, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag carried by Battery K, 1st Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. The flag includes…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/1st-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-k-ny-volunteers-guidon