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The 51st Regiment, or “Shepard Rifles,” mustered into service for three years by 23 October 1861. When their three year term expired, those entitled were discharged and the regiment continued in service as “Veteran Volunteers,” as indicated by the "N.Y.S.…

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The 51st Regiment , or “Shepard Rifles,” mustered into service for three years by 23 October 1861. When their three year term expired, those entitled were discharged and the regiment continued in service as “Veteran Volunteers,” as indicated by the “N.Y.S…

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On October 30, 1861, May Matthews, representing the “ladies of Brooklyn,” presented this custom made regimental color to the 52nd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry in a public ceremony overlooking New York’s harbor. Colonel Paul Frank received the flag…

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The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes two flank markers carried by the 52nd Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry. Both flags feature painted inscriptions in gold, shadowed in red, along the top and bottom and a red painted oval shield edged with a gold painte…

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This silk swallowtail guidon, used as a marker to assist in battlefield maneuvers, conforms to the “stars and stripes” pattern described in General Order No. 4, Headquarters of the U.S. Army, dated January 18, 1862. Deposited into the collection on June 3…

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The 54th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, or “Schwarze Yaeger,” mustered into service for three years between September 5 and October 15, 1861. When their three year term expired, those entitled were discharged and the regiment continued in service as “Vet…

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This printed wool camp color in the U.S. National pattern conforms to General Order No. 4, Headquarters of the U.S. Army, dated 18 January 1862. The stars are arranged in five horizontal rows with seven stars in each of the upper two and bottom two rows w…

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This printed wool camp color in the U.S. National pattern conforms to General Order No. 4, Headquarters of the U.S. Army, dated 18 January 1862. The stars are arranged in five horizontal rows with seven stars in each of the upper two and bottom two rows w…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/54th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/54th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-camp-color-civil-war

This printed wool camp color in the U.S. National pattern conforms to General Order No. 4, Headquarters of the U.S. Army, dated 18 January 1862. The stars are arranged in five horizontal rows with seven stars in each of the upper two and bottom two rows w…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/54th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/54th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-camp-color-civil-war-1

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