1st Artillery (Light), Battery M Battle Flag - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

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1st Artillery (Light)
Battery M
NY Volunteers
Guidon
26” hoist x 41 1/2” fly
Civil War

1st Artillery, Battery M Guidon

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes one flag carried by Battery M, 1st Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers, a silk swallowtail guidon in the “stars and stripes” pattern prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862. The flag includes 34 painted stars in the canton from a 35 star pattern – one star is missing from the upper fly corner. (2004.0077)

See the Battery M for the 1st Artillery for more information about this unit.

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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified: August 31, 2009
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/btlflags/artillery/1stArtBat_MGuidon2004.0077.htm