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Flag of the Fourth Regiment, United States Colored Troops
In August of 1863, the "Colored Ladies of Baltimore" presented this hand-painted, hand-sewn silk flag to the Fourth Regiment, United States Colored Troops. It is one of only twenty-five USCT flags known to survive today.
Regiments carried both the national colors and a regimental flag into battle. They watched their regimental flag to determine their regiment's movements. Originally, this flag would have been six-and-a-half tall by six feet wide, but hard use, time, and age have eroded its original dimensions. |