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Flag was formerly Displayed at the Soldiers and Sailors Museum in Pittsburgh, PA University of California - Santa Cruz Board of Councilors Meeting, 7 June 2012 U.S. 24 Star Pennsylvania Militia Color Capture/Recapture Civil War Date: 1822 Media: Silk, oil and silver-gilt paint. Comment: During the American Civil War an unidentified Pennsylvania militia unit took what was already a 40 year old, 24 star militia national color into battle against rebel forces. The Confederates captured this color, either in the first year of the war or when Pennsylvania militia units were again activated during the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863. The unit, time, and place of its capture are not recorded. Later at the Siege of Petersburg, on 2 April 1865, the 54th Pa. Volunteer Infantry broke through the siege lines around Petersburg, VA at Fort Gregg. During their movement within Confederate lines, Sergeant Nelson Meyers Company "C" of the 54th recaptured this flag from the Rebels, and he returned the color to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania where it was ultimately presented to the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. Subsequently, it was identified as third oldest Pennsylvania Militia color extant. Of special note are the flags 24 silver-gilt, six-pointed stars, a rarity on surviving flags from this era. It should be noted that there are stories and other period accounts of other similar older flags, some dating back to the American Revolution, that were taken by Militia units for use in the American Civil War. To be able to document a surviving example is extremely rare. Provenance: Acquired in 2007 by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC2509), from the collection of The Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; via James D. Julia Auctions, Fairfield, Maine. www.FlagCollection.com 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.

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Publication Copy	Saures, Richard A., Advance The Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags, Harrisburg, The Capitol Preservation Committee, 1987. p. 5. "The law describing these colors was amended on March 30, 1824, to read, "In the future, every stand of colors for a militia regiment, shall be marked 'Pennsylvania Militia' and not with the number of the regiment."One of these militia regimental flags has survived and is now owned by the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh. This flag contains twenty-four six-pointed stars, which dates the flag to sometime during the period 1822-1836. The central scroll-work surrounds the word "Regt." in white letters, and "Pennsylvania" in gold letters on a red scroll. Thus, it is not quite regulation. The number of the regiment does not appear on the flag, although a slight tear and evidence of defacing suggests that it might have been painted on at one time."
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