1st Vermont Cavalry National Flag

1st Vermont Cavalry National Flag

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1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment national flag. Attached to staff by sleeve. Canton style is square. There are 33 white embroidered stars, arranged in a 6-6-5-5-5-6 pattern. 1st Vermont Cavalry in script. Battle honors applied to flag. Battle honors were applied after November 1864 when colors returned to Vermont. Place of issue: Burlington, VT. Date of issue: 12/12/1861.

This flag was issued in order to replace a similar flag that was lost in Shenandoah Valley when the baggage train was burnt. In late July, the new standard, "of the same material and design as the original" reached the camp of the 1st Vermont Cavalry. The enlistments of many of the original 1st Vermont Cavalry members expired, and they headed back to Vermont, taking the colors with them. In Burlington the returning troopers were received with great fanfare and on November 18, 1864 were officially mustered out of service. The next day the returned officers gathered together to decide what battle names were to be inscribed on the regiment's colors.

1861

35 x 42 inches

1870.001.022

New York (N.Y.)

Vermont State Curator's Office, 2 Gov. Aiken Avenue,
Montpelier, VT 05633