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an old flag with the state seal and eagle on it's side, hanging from a wall

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Standard | Civil War :: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

15th Regiment, Cavalry, NY Volunteers. The 15th Cavalry’s standard features a painted United States arms with thirteen gold stars above the eagle and a red ribbon, without unit designation, below the eagle. Usually flags of this size are made from one piece of silk fabric, folded over at hoist to create a staff sleeve. Although no larger than usual, this flag was made in two pieces, one for the body of the flag and one for the staff sleeve.

Standard | Civil War :: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

20th Regiment Calvary, NY Volunteers Standard. The 20th Regiment Cavalry, or “McClellan Cavalry,” organized at Sackett’s Harbor and mustered into service for three years in September 1863 under Colonel Newton Lord. This embroidered silk standard includes the arms of the State of New York in the center with the regiment’s nickname, and Colonel Lord’s name along the top. The embroiderer misspelled the colonel’s name as “Lorde.” A familiar Union rallying cry appears along the bottom.

an embroidered wall hanging with a bull and the words wiedrich's battery

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The 127th U.S. Colored Infantry was formed on August 23, 1864, at Camp William Penn, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Engagements: Siege of Petersburg, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House War, History, Department Of Veterans Affairs, Appomattox, Infantry, Siege Of Petersburg, Troops, American

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The 127th U.S. Colored Infantry was formed on August 23, 1864, at Camp William Penn, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Engagements: Siege of Petersburg, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, Appomattox Campaign, Appomattox Court House

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Flag for the 25th US Colored Troops, one of the 11 regiments from Pennsylvania. This and others were painted by David B. Bowser, an African American artist. This image of the front is a hand-colored image of a photograph. Only photographs survive of the Pennsylvania units. Inside the Conservator's Studio. Courtesy of the State of Pennsylvania.