The reversed positioning of the American flag on spacecraft ... of placing the flag in reverse on the right sleeve of military uniforms dates back to the Civil War. Soldiers carried the flag ...

This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

The state plans to restore 214 battle flags from the Civil War, World War II and the Spanish American War. The flags are stored at the Iowa Battle Flag Preservation Laboratory in the State ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American ... House to be the Civil War’s de facto conclusion.

and now called the American Civil War Museum, contains the biggest collection of Confederate battle flags, about 500. The Charleston Light Dragoons banner that turned up in Michigan won’t be one ...

Jason Wilson, the Capitol Preservation Committee’s historian, leads the tours, sharing his wealth of knowledge about each of the 374 Union flags from the Civil War, 22 from the Spanish-American ...

It includes 374 Union flags from the Civil War, 22 from the Spanish-American Ward and several pre-Civil War state militia company flags from the 1820s and 1830s. “They were the lifeblood of the ...

which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding. The auction house, one of the nation’s leading purveyors of early American ...

an effort to conserve 240 battle flags carried by Michigan soldiers in the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I. A debt of gratitude is owed to those who carried the flags ...