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Battery E, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag attributed to Battery E, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Approximate…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/3rd-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-e-3rd-regiment-artillery-light-ny-volunteers-guidon-civil-war

Battery G, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag attributed to Battery G, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. The flag in…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/3rd-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-g-3rd-regiment-artillery-light-ny-volunteers-guidon-c

Battery H, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag attributed to Battery H, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Manufacture…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/3rd-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-h-3rd-regiment-artillery-light-ny-volunteers-guidon-civil-war

Battery M, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers | Guidon | Civil War

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag attributed to Battery M, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. Approximate…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/3rd-artillery-light-ny-volunteers/battery-m-3rd-regiment-artillery-light-ny-volunteers-guidon-civil-war

4th Regiment Artillery (Heavy), NY Volunteers | Regimental Color | Civil War

This yellow, silk regimental color carried by the 4th Regiment Artillery, New York Volunteers with painted Arms of the State of New York and crossed cannons generally conforms to the 1858 New York State regulations. Deposited into the New York State Battl…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/4th-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers/4th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers-regimental-color-civil-war

6th Regiment Artillery (Heavy), NY Volunteers | Flank Markers | Civil War

The New York State Battle Flag Collection includes two flank markers carried by the 6th Regiment Artillery, NY Volunteers. Each flag is made from two pieces of red wool hand-sewn together along the horizontal middle. The markers include yellow, silk inscr…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/6th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers/6th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers-flank-markers-civil-war

6th Regiment Artillery (Heavy), NY Volunteers | Flank Markers | Civil War

The 6th Regiment Artillery, New York Volunteers, mustered into service for three years as the 135th New York Volunteer Infantry on September 2, 1862. Converted into an artillery regiment and designated the 6th Artillery on October 6, 1862, the regiment re…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/6th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers/6th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers-flank-markers-civil-war-1

7th Independent Battery, NY Volunteers | Flank Marker | Civil War

This silk flank marker includes 1.25-inch long metal bullion fringe. Both sides include painted crossed cannons in each corner and “Xth. LEGION / N.Y.S.V.”. However, one side features “7 / BATTERY” in the center while the side opposite includes “56th”. Th…

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/7th-independent-battery-ny-volunteers-flank-marker-civil-war

9th Regiment Artillery (Heavy), NY Volunteers | Flank Markers | Civil War

These purple, silk swallowtail flank markers include a painted regimental identification. To create the swallowtail, a horizontal cut was made from the fly edge and each end was then folded and stitched along the vertical, turning under the raw edge. The …

https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/flags/artillery/9th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers/9th-regiment-artillery-heavy-ny-volunteers-flank-markers-civil-war