Sounds like a nice flag presentation.

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Women in Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, Kent County) wore a type of semi uniform. In 1861 when the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was presented with a regimental flag 20 young ladies were attired in red Zouave jackets and brown jockey caps trimmed in red, white and blue. The rest of the ladies, 6 in number, wore blue dresses with white and red sashes pinned at the shoulder with a metal star. https://civilwartalk.com/#_edn1 These 6 ladies also carried blue parasols with 13 gold stars.


https://civilwartalk.com/#_ednref1 Silon, Gordon L., A Grand Rapids Sampler, GHistory .R. Hist. Commission, 1992.