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University of California - Santa Cruz Board of Councilors Meeting, 7 June 2012 Rare Flags Exhibit Santa Cruz, CA, June 7, 2012: The Zaricor Flag Collection exhibited 34 flags and artifacts at the University of California Santa Cruz Campus for the Board of Councilors Meeting. General Phillip Sheridan Civil War Personal Battle Flag Date: 1864-1865 Media: Hand sewn silk fabric with silk appliqué stars. Comment: This is the personal Civil War battle flag of General Philip Sheridan (1831-1888). It was used by the Union's greatest cavalry commander through his most illustrious campaigns in 1864 and 1865. General Sheridan was noted for both his meteoric rise to Major General, and his close friendship and association with General Ulysses S. Grant. Sheridan used this red over white guidon; with two five pointed stars, after his appointment to command the Union Army of the Shenandoah in 1864. This battle flag indicated Gen. Sheridan's personal presence on the field. Carried by a sergeant, this flag accompanied General Sheridan through all phases of the Shenandoah Valley and Appomattox Campaigns through some of the thickest fighting of the war. This guidon has been immortalized in several postwar lithographic images of Sheridan, including the famous "Sheridan's Ride" by Thure de Thulstrup, which depicts his famous early morning gallop on 19 October 1864, rallying his troops. Sheridan also used this flag at the commencement of the Appomattox Campaign when, at the battle of Five Forks, on 1 April 1865, he seized the flag from his sergeant and led a famous charge, braving shot and shell, which pierced the guidon. The image of the dashing General Sheridan at both Cedar Creek and Five Forks was painted or drawn by many major American illustrators for widespread use in books and illustrations. Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC2576) in 2008 from the descendants of Cpl. Daniel Drennan via the estate of his great-great-great grandson William C. Leaman, through auction by Heritage Auctions, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. www.FlagCollection.com

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Publication Images	Cover Frontispiece datail Note: Gen. Sheridan's Battle Flags Gen. Custer's Flags Artillery Regimental Infantry Regimental Cavalry & Light Artillery 9th Army Corps

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