Iowa regiment flags?

[Pr Palmer]

Curious: Did each Union infantry regiment routinely have their own flag or banner? Was wondering if that was the case for the 11th Iowa.
If there was such a flag, I would be interested in seeing a photo or drawing.

 

[Hussar Yeomanry]

Yes. Each Regiment had its own flag. In nearly every case it will have had two. A National Flag (the Stars and Stripes) and a Regimental Flag (Usually a version of the State Seal).

As to the 11th Iowa's flag I would guess the Regimental Flag would look something like:

(Admittedly that is the Regimental Flag of the 35th Iowa)

Hope that helps.

 

[LSBusch]

You should like this link to the State Historical Museum of Iowa:

https://iowamuseumcollection.pastpe...+Infantry"&searchButton=Search&only_images=on

By coincidence, I've been corresponding with a woman there this week who has been answering my questions about the 14th Iowa flags. If you want to contact someone there, there's a feedback button in the window for each flag.

 

[bmwhacker]

Curious about the Regimental Flags - relatives in the Iowa Volunteers:

Great Great Grandfather Trogdon:

EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "H"
Trogdon, Solomon C. Age 20. Residence Genoa, nativity Illinois.
Enlisted Aug. 7, 1863. Mustered Sept. 3, 1863. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1865, Macon, Ga.
(Captain M. M Walden, of Company H)

His younger Brother:

FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
COMPANY "H"
Trogdon, William J. Age 18. Residence Wayne County, nativity Iowa.
Enlisted May 31, 1864. Mustered June 10,
1864 Died of disease Sept. 21, 1864. Keokuk, Iowa.
Buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.

The 46th Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa,
and mustered in for one-hundred days Federal service on June 10, 1864,
as part of a plan to raise short term regiments for service as rear
area garrison duty to release veteran troops for Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
The 46th Iowa garrisoned strategic points on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad.
The regiment was mustered out at Davenport on September 23, 1864.
Total strength and casualties:
A total of 918 men served in the 46th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 6 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds
and 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 31 fatalities.

 

[damYankee]

My gg grandfather was in the 4th Iowa Cav. I've been in the hunt for a flag or a GAR ribbon, no luck so far,

 

[LSBusch]

My gg grandfather was in the 4th Iowa Cav. I've been in the hunt for a flag or a GAR ribbon, no luck so far,

I found 13 Fourth Iowa Cavalry flag images here:

https://iowamuseumcollection.pastpe...a+Cavalry"&searchButton=Search&only_images=on

Laurel

 

[LSBusch]

Curious about the Regimental Flags - relatives in the Iowa Volunteers:

Great Great Grandfather Trogdon:

EIGHTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
COMPANY "H"

His younger Brother:

FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
COMPANY "H"

4 images of 8th Iowa Cavalry flags:

https://iowamuseumcollection.pastpe...a+Cavalry"&searchButton=Search&only_images=on

Sorry, nothing for 46th Infantry.

Laurel

 

[Flag Guy]

Curious: Did each Union infantry regiment routinely have their own flag or banner? Was wondering if that was the case for the 11th Iowa.
If there was such a flag, I would be interested in seeing a photo or drawing.

Hello,

Union Army regulations called for two colors per infantry regiment - one the national colors (Stars and Stripes) and the other the blue regimental colors. These were to have ben 6 by 6 1.2 feet in overall size. Artillery batteries had a single guidon and cavalry regiments had the blue regimental standard and Stars and Stripes swallowtail guidons for each company (from 1862 onwards - before that the company guidons were red over white).

As the vast majority of Union flags wer emade from silk they wore out quickly so it was not uncommon for regiments to have three to five sets of colors during the war, each having additional battle honors on them if they were so entitled.

Flag Guy