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Battery L, 2nd Regiment Artillery (Heavy), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

Captain Thomas Robinson, commander of the "Hamilton Light Artillery" company from the 15th New York State Militia, received authority in July 1861 to organize a three-year, volunteer artillery company. Robinson enlisted recruits from Flushing, Queens Coun…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/2nd-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers/battery-l-2nd-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers-guidon-civil-war

1st Regiment Veteran Cavalry, NY Volunteers | Standard | Civil War

This blue, silk standard generally conforms to the 1861 U.S. Army Regulations. The standard features a painted Arms of the United States with thirteen gold painted stars in two arcs and the regiment’s numeric designation painted on a scroll underneath.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/cavalry/1st-regiment-veteran-cavalry-ny-volunteers/1st-regiment-veteran-cavalry-ny-volunteers-standard-civil-war

1st Regiment Dragoons, NY Volunteers | Standard | Civil War

Organized at Portage and recruited from Allegany, Livingston, and Wyoming Counties, the 1st Dragoons originally mustered in as an infantry regiment, the 130th Regiment, in September 1862. One year later the regiment converted to cavalry and officials re-d…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/cavalry/1st-regiment-dragoons-ny-volunteers/1st-regiment-dragoon-ny-volunteers-standard-civil