The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

Flags signaled other units in battle ... of war. Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects ...

On a Civil War battlefield, the sight of a blue Union battle flag with an eagle seal flying in the wind meant you were surrounded by 1,000 of your closest friends. And in the midst of a battle ...

Battle-stained flags that survived ferocious fighting fill drawers in cabinets inside the Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center in Harrisburg. Each one serves as a memento of a fight ...

It's a complex issue for the military, said Craig Warren, a Pennsylvania college professor who has authored two books on the Civil War. While the Confederate battle flag's origin is a "military ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...

recently commissioned and bought to-scale reproductions of the Civil War battle flags for its exhibit Region United, Nation Divided: The South Shore in the Civil War from April 5 to May 3 at the ...

(WLNS) — Civil War era flags representing the 90,000 Michiganders ... That was 102nd United States Colored Troops Students Company C. “This battle flag procession is a unique experience ...