American Civil War Union Army Regimental Colors

U.S. 35 Star Infantry National Color, Double Ring Philadelphia Oval, 1863 - 1865. This flag is outstanding example of a "Philadelphia Oval" National Color as provided to the Philadelphia Clothing Depot under contract by contractors Horstmann Brothers & Co.; William F, Scheible and by former Horstmann employees Evans and Hassall.

U.S. Infantry Regimental Color, 18th U. S. Regular Infantry This was the 18th U.S. Regular Infantry's regimental color in the period from 1865 through 1866. In the latter year, the 18th U.S. was garrisoned a Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming Territory during the "Fetterman Fight."

35 Star U.S. National Color - New York Quartermaster Depot. This color bears the distinctive square canton seen on New York Depot national colors. It has been suggested that the NY Quartermaster depot was instrumental in utilizing the square canton on national colors.

Regimental flag of the 2nd Philadelphia Coal Exchange Regiment. U.S.Volunteer Infantry, 1863. This flag is a Regimental Color from the Philadelphia Department of Pattern. Made especially by Evans & Hassell for the 2nd Philadelphia Coal Exchange Regiment, 51st Pennsylvania Militia by its sponsors, of the Philadelphia Coal Exchange.

U.S. 35 Stars Artillery National Color. The oral tradition associated with this flag is that it was used during the American Civil war by Major Wilbur Fiske Goodspeed, Chief of Artillery for the 4th Army Corps of the US Army of the Cumberland. Major Goodspeed had formerly been Captain of Cotters Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery.

U.S. Army Artillery Regimental Color, Civil War,1862-1865, former Madaus Collection. The Howard Michael Madaus sub-collection of Civil War Military Flags attempts to present an example of each of the major types of depot contractor regulation flags and colors carried by Union forces at the basic unit level.

Designating Flags of the United States Army, 1861-1865. This volume identifies the flags used by the Union Army during the Civil War. It was written, illustrated and assembled under direction of the US Army's Quartermaster General in 1887. Book Title: Designating Flags of the United States Army 1861-1865.