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Artillery Flags

NOTE: All photographs are by Peter Glendinning. (Dark netting used in earlier conservation of some flags obscures their detail.) The text and images in this exhibit may be used by students, teachers and the public for personal and academic purposes. Any commercial use or publication of them (print or online) is strictly prohibited. Click on the flag to see a larger image.

First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery B
This guidon belonged to Battery B of the First Michigan Light Artillery, which saw its first action on 6 April 1862. (87.126.90)

First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery E
This flag belonged to Battery E of the First Michigan Light Artillery. Mustered in the Marshall area, Battery E saw most of its action in Tennessee and Alabama. It suffered no deaths due to battle but lost 29 due to disease and one to drowning.(87.157.90)

First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery F
This flag belonged to the First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery F, which was recruited in the Coldwater area and was mustered in on 9 January 1862. It saw its first action on June 30 at Henderson, Kentucky, where the battery was surrounded and more than fifty men captured. Most of this battery's action was in Georgia, however. Under General William Sherman, the battery participated in the siege of Atlanta and reportedly threw the first shell into that city. (87.156.90)

First Michigan Light Artillery, Battery H
This flag belonged to Battery H, mustered in at Monroe in 1862 and called De Golyer's Battery after its commanding officer, Samuel De Golyer of Hudson. This magnificent flag with gold bullion fringe, cord and tassels, crossed cannons, an embroidered eagle and appliqued stars was probably a specially commissioned flag. (87.140.90)

First Michigan Light Artillery, Unknown Battery
The First Michigan Light Artillery was composed of twelve six-gun batteries. Each battery carried an identifying flag, called a swallowtail guidon because of its distinctive shape. Because this flag lacks the usual identifying letter or number, we do not know which battery actually carried it into battle. (87.127.90)