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10th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | National Color | Civil War

The 10th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, or “National Zouaves,” is thought to have received this 34-star, silk national color from the City of New York in 1863. The flag’s stenciled inscriptions include the names of officers and members of the color…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/10th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/10th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-national-color-civil-war

10th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Color | Civil War

The 10th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry received this blue, silk Regimental Color from the City of New York. The flag features the Arms of the State of New York painted to one side (seen here) while the other side features the Arms of the City of New York…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/10th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/10th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-regimental-color-civil-war

11th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry

11th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimenta
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/11th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry

11th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Color | Civil War

W.H. Wickham, on behalf of the New York City Fire Department, presented this unique, two-sided, white silk Regimental Color with red, white, and blue fringe to Colonel Elmer Ellsworth’s 11th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry on April 29, 1861, as the regimen…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/11th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/11th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-regimental-color-civil-war

13th Regiment NY State Militia

13th Regiment NY State Militia | National Colo
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/13th-regiment-ny-state-militia

Company B, 13th Regiment NY State Militia | National Color | Civil War

Reportedly, Company B, 13th Regiment New York State Militia carried this silk national color when the regiment departed New York City on April 23, 1861, en route to Washington, D.C. The flag includes only 28 gold-painted stars, in part or whole, in the ca…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/13th-regiment-ny-state-militia/company-b-13th-regiment-ny-state-militia-national-color-civil-war

13th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry

13th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regiment
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/13th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry

13th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Color | Civil War

In May 1861, the “ladies of Rochester” presented this custom-made Regimental color to the 13th New York Volunteers. The flag features a stylized, painted version of the Arms of the State of New York with "ROCHESTER REGIMENT" painted above. Carried for two…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/13th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/13th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-regimental-color-civil-war

14th Regiment NY State Militia

14th Regiment NY State Militia | Regimental Co
https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/14th-regiment-ny-state-militia

14th Regiment NY State Militia | Regimental Color | Civil War

All that remains from this flag are silk fragments featuring a stylized version of the Arms of the State of New York. The inscription along the bottom reads, "THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE." In the 1960s the fragment was sandwiched between two…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/14th-regiment-ny-state-militia/14th-regiment-ny-state-militia-regimental-color-civil-war