Battery A, 3rd Regiment Artillery (Light), New York Volunteers, Guidons - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Centers

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Battery A, 3rd Artillery (Light)
NY Volunteers
Guidons
Civil War

29 1/4” hoist x 41 1/4” fly

Battery A 3rd Regiment Light Artillery Guidon
(2004.0048)

27 1/8” hoist x 41” fly

Battery A 3rd Regiment Light Artillery Guidon
(2004.0051)

The NYS Battle Flag Collection includes two silk, swallowtail guidons attributed to Battery A, 3rd Artillery (Light), NY Volunteers. Each guidon, in the “stars and stripes” pattern as prescribed in General Order No. 4, dated January 18, 1862, includes 34 painted stars in the canton in an elliptical pattern with 10 stars in the inner oval, 20 stars in the outer oval, and one star in each of the canton's four corners.

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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified: September 17, 2007
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/btlflags/artillery/3rdArtBat_AGuidons1.htm