Flags, Standards and Guidons of Mounted Troops

U.S. 21 Star Militia Dragoon Standard - Very Early Mounted Troops Flag. This Militia Dragoon standard is dated to the period of 1818-1819, following the admission of Illinois and before the admission of Alabama and Maine. The flag pre-dates the 1834 regulations for dragoon standards in accordance with the general pattern of U.S. colors.

U.S. Cavalry Regimental Standard. This flag is one of the best examples of American Civil War flags. It is from the Howard Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military flags and was manufactured by Longley & Bro in the mid-1860s.

U.S. Army Red Over White Swallowtail Pattern 1833 - Model 1861. Guidons of this pattern were provided by the U.S. Quartermaster's Department in this form when issued at the beginning of the American Civil War.

U.S, Army Light Artillery Guidon, Sand's 11th Ohio Battery with Battle Honors. A Civil War flag from the Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military flags. It belonged to the Light Artillery Ohio Battery and was used by Ohio troops in the western theatre of the American Civil War.

U.S. 34 Star Army Mounted Troops Guidon, 1862. Although the cavalry of the U.S. Army was not provided with the Stars & Stripes at regimental level officially until 1895, in 1862 the War Department changed the pattern of the swallow-tailed guidons that were carried by each company of a regimen to the design of the Stars & Stripes.

U.S. 34 Star guidon from the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry Volunteers. A significant Company "L" guidon from the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry Volunteers who fought in Florida in February of 1864 capturing a Confederate artillery battle flag as well as a Stars and Bars camp flag during the Civil War.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon Paxton's 4th Virginia Cavalry. This is a rare Model 1833 Dragoon Guidon which was utilized as a Cavalry Guidon by troops of the New State West Virginia, admitted to the Union in 1863. This is the only known surviving Model 1833 guidon used by West Virginia troops; and the only one known to be in private hands

13 Star, Confederate States of America - Lt. Artillery - reverses traditional U.S red over white, with staff, 1863, extremely rare 1 of 2. Captured at Fort Hindman, A very rare swallowtail Confederate guidon with its original blue lanyard. It was originally discovered furled around its staff with its red painted tin "halberd head" finial.

General George A. Custer's Headquarters Command designating Guidon, 3rd Div. Cavalry Dic., 1864 General Custer commanded the 3rd Cavalry Division in 1864 thru the end of the Civil War 1865. This flag served with Custer during this period along side his Personal guidon (see ZFC0489)

General George A. Custer's Third Personal Civil War Cavalry Guidon. This flag was only flown when Custer was on the field. This was one of Custer's more famous flags, as it served with him in the Civil War while commanding the US 3rd Cavalry Division from 1864-1865.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, Troop F, 7th US Cavalry. This Cavalry Guidon made in 1885 was flown by Troop F of the 7th United States Cavalry-probably the most storied of all U.S. Cavalry regiments, a fact known by the director John Ford when he chose to depict the 7th in the hair-raising rescue mission against Geronimo's Apaches.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, Troop C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. This guidon defines the longest serving cavalry regiment in the U.S. Army, which takes as its motto the French "Toujours Prêt" ("Always Ready"). The 2nd Cavalry was created out of the two companies of the Second Regiment of Dragoons in order to fight the Seminole Indians.

U.S, Army Red over White Guidon, Troop E, 10th US Cavalry. The legend of the African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" stands behind this 27" x 41" wool bunting service guidon from the time of the Spanish-American War. E Troop of the 10th U.S. Cavalry saw furious action in Cuba, with several of its men winning the Medal of Honor.

U.S. Army "Model 1885" Cavalry Guidon; 11th Cavalry, Second Squadron, Troop F. This particular guidon was carried during the American-Philippine War, and is associated with Major General Lawton. General Lawton was killed at Station San Mateo in Manila on December 19, 1899, during the "Philippine Insurrection".

U.S. Army Cavalry Regimental Standard - 1904 In 1904 the Army adopted a new rendition for the arms. The realistic eagle was replaced by a highly stylized "European" type heraldic eagle, based on the realization of the U.S. arms by Louis C. Tiffany, a design which continues to serve today.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, Troop A, 3rd US Cavalry This unassuming red over white wool guidon made nearly a century ago represents a distinguished Cavalry regiment associated with legends like Winfield Scott, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody, and George S. Patton.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, Troop E, 6th US Cavalry. It is an example of the bigger style of guidon used by American mounted troops for nearly a century, from the 1830s through to 1931. That year the Army adopted today's smaller 27" x 20" guidon a foot shorter in length, half a foot shorter in width and only half the surface area.

U.S. 103rd Cavalry, Troop B Service Guidon Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) unit. Guidons of this type were introduced for cavalry units in the US Army in 1890 as Service Guidons. Originally intended as a drill and field replacement for the formal silk guidon that was reintroduced 5 years earlier.

U.S. Army Red over White Guidon, 7th US Cavalry - TV prop, Have Gun Will Travel, "Comanche", 1959. At first glance this guidon looks like one U.S. Cavalry guidons used from 1885 to 1931. However, its manufacturer fails to portray that the other soldiers who perished at the Little Big Horn carried a starred and striped guidon.

A significant post-Civil War Light artillery Guidon from Battery A, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. This artillery Guidon comes from Independent Battery A, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and conforms to the 1879 Regulations of such.