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State
Color
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The
state color as it would have appeared new in
1861.
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The
state color after its service and over 130
years.
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In
Pottstown, Pennsylvania on November 6, 1861,
Governor Curtain presented this state color to
the 96th Pennsylvania. It was carried with the
regiment through all of its campaigns and other
activities through February 22, 1864. On that
date, it was sent back to Pottsville for
safekeeping, but there are no records which show
if it was returned to the 96th. The flag had the
state arms in the center of the blue field with
golden stars surrounding it. On the middle red
horizontal stripe was painted in gold "96th
Regt. P. V."
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Regimental
Color
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The
regimental color as it would have appeared
new.
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The
regimental color after its service and over 130
years.
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No
evidence has been found to where this regimental
color came from.
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National
Color Presented to 25th PVI & Used by 96th
PVI
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The
25th PVI national color as it would have appeared
new in 1861.
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The
25th PVI national color after its service and over
130 years.
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"On
May 25, 1861, Colonel John W. Forney presented a
national color to the 25th
[Pennsylvania] Infantry on behalf of
Pottsville resident Joseph W. Cake. This 34-star
national color was subsequently carried by the
96th [Pennsylvania] Infantry" (p. 326).
This flag was carried through the campaigns and
activites of the 96th at least through September
of 1862.
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1863
Presented Regimental Color
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A group
of Pottsville ladies presented this regimental
color to the 96th on June 11, 1863. On one side was
the state arms, and on the other was the national
arms, each surrounded by the names of the battles
the 96th had participated it. This flag was shipped
back to Pottsville with the state colors on
February 22, 1864.
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The
1863 regimental color after its service and over
130 years.
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Color-Bearers
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Bearers
of the State Color at Crampton's Gap, Sept. 14,
1862.*
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Sgt.
Solomon McMinzie, Co. C
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Killed
- hit in chest and thigh, then
bayoneted.
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Pvt.
William Ortner, Co. H
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Wounded.
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Sgt.
Joseph S. Johnson, Co. H
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Wounded
- hit by shell fragment.
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Pvt.
Charles B. Ziegler, Co. H
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Killed.
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Cpl.
Henry H. Hunsicker, Co. H
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Picked
up the color and carried it rest of
fight.
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Bearers of
the National Color at Crampton's Gap, Sept. 14,
1862.*
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Sgt.
Thomas Oliver, Co. C
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Wounded
- hit in right leg near ankle.
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Pvt.
David Thomas, Co. C
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Wounded.
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Pvt.
William Miller, Co. C
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Wounded.
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Numerous
unrecorded others
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Pvt.
Patrick Powers, Co. F
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Picked
up the color and carried it rest of
fight.
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Color
bearers at Spotsylvania Court House, May 9-10,
1864.
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Sgt.
J. W. Conrad
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Wounded
May 9, 1864.
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Sgt.
George W. Foltz, Co. C
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Wounded
May 10, 1864.
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*Actual
order of the bearers as reported by Timothy
J. Reese in Sealed with Their Lives,
Butternut and Blue Press, 1998. pp.
136-137.
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Source:
Sauers, Richard A., and the Capitol Preservation
Committee. Advance the Colors!, vol. II. Lebanon,
PA: Sowers Printing Company, 1991.
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