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The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes two flank markers carried by the 45th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry. Organized in New York City under Colonel George Von Amsberg, the 45th NY Volunteers mustered into service for three years in September 1861. Thes…

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This blue silk regimental color presented to the 46th New York Volunteers by the City of New York includes the Arms of the State of New York painted to the front and the Arms of the City of New York on the reverse. A presentation inscription, “Presented b…

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Between July and September 1861 the 46th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, or “Fremont Rifles,” mustered into service for three years. These two silk flank markers date to the regiment’s original three year muster period. Both flags, in part, feature painte…

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Between July and September 1861 the 46th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, or “Fremont Rifles,” mustered into service for three years. When their three-year term expired, those entitled were discharged and the regiment continued in service as “Veteran Volun…

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These two silk swallowtail guidons conform to the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Both flags were sewn between two layers of nylon netting in the mid-1970s matching the colors of the flag with differe…

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Each of these two silk swallowtail guidons carried by the 12th Cavalry conform to the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Both flags have extensive losses, most notably to the fly tips and in the canton. …

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The two 12th Cavalry guidons seen here conform to the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Both flags have extensive losses, most notably in the canton where stars once appeared. One of the guidons does ha…

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This silk swallowtail guidon carried by the 12th Cavalry conforms to the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Seventeen painted stars still remain the in the blue canton from either a 34 or 35 star pattern…

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The New York State Battle Flag Collection includes 5 printed wool camp colors, including the flag seen here, carried by the 20th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops. The camp color is in the U.S. national pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, Headquarter…

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The New York State Battle Flag Collection includes 5 printed wool camp colors, including the flag seen here, carried by the 20th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops. The camp color is in the U.S. national pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, Headquarter…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/20th-regiment-us-colored-troops/20th-regiment-us-colored-troops-camp-color-civil-war-1

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