New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

152nd Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Flank Markers | Civil War

Colonel Leonard Boyer received authority in August 1862 to recruit a regiment from the 20th Senatorial District. Organized at Mohawk, the 152nd Regiment mustered into service in October 1862 for three years. These faded silk markers feature a 2nd Division…

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153rd Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Flank Markers | Civil War

Mrs. Joseph Strain from Albany, New York, presented these two silk swallowtail flank markers to the regiment in November of 1862. The 153rd Regiment carried these flags during the Red River Expedition and in the battle at Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill…

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154th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Regimental Color | Civil War

On May 30, 1865, near Bladensburg, Maryland, the 154th New York Volunteer Infantry received the Regimental Color seen here from Governor Reuben Fenton on behalf of Cattaraugus County. Made by Tiffany & Co., the blue, silk flag features painted Revolutiona…

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155th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Guidon | Civil War

This silk swallowtail guidon conforms to the “stars and stripes” pattern mandated in General Orders No. 4, Headquarters of the U.S. Army, dated January 18, 1862. Deposited into the collection in August 1865, this guidon includes 34 gold-painted stars in t…

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158th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Guidons | Civil War

The New York State Battle Flag Collection includes 4 silk swallowtail guidons carried by the 158th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry including the two seen here. Each guidon is in the U.S. national pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, Headquarters o…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/158th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/158th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-guidons-civil-war

158th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry | Guidons | Civil War

The New York State Battle Flag Collection includes 4 silk swallowtail guidons carried by the 158th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry including the two seen here. Each guidon is in the U.S. national pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, Headquarters o…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/infantry/158th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry/158th-regiment-ny-volunteer-infantry-guidons-civil-war-1

Gray, Fort

Fort Gray in Niagara County, Niagara Falls was located on the top of the Lewiston Escarpment opposite Queenstown and was named for its builder, Colonel Nicholas Gray. It was built on the site of an unnamed French blockhouse/storehouse from 1751, that had…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/gray

Great Redoubt, The

The Great Redoubt in Saratoga County was a British system of fortifications built during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Saratoga in 1777. The forts were built for the purpose of providing protection to the nearby hospital, artillery park, supply cente…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/great-redoubt

Greenburgh, Camp

Camp Greenburgh in Westchester County, Hartsdale, on Ridge Road was a temporary Revolutionary War headquarters for the French Army in 1777.

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/greenburgh

Greenbush Cantonment

Greenbush Cantonment was built in Rensselaer County, in East Greenbush, and was active from 1663 to 1690, and was used once again between 1812 and 1831. In 1863, a small, stockaded fort was built three miles east of the village of Greenbush. In 1812, th…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/forts/greenbush