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| Heights on February 28, 1863. It was used by the First until late in 1864 at least, and may have been carried with the flag numbered 4-C until the end of the war. It was presented to the State April 27,1866 by General Kenly and other former officers of the regiment. No. 4-C - First Regiment, Infantry, Maryland Volunteers National Flag This thirty-five star national color also was carried by the First Regiment, Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, as evidenced by the designation "1st Reg't. Md. Vol." painted on the middle stripe. Its use resulted from a suggestion made by Governor Augustus W. Bradford to the General Assembly of 1864: "I .......... recommend that a small appropriation be made for the purchase and presentation on behalf of the State of regimental flags to such of her regiments as have shown or shall hereafter bear a distinguished part in any of the battles of the War .........." On December 1, 1864, near Petersburg, Va., the Governor presented flags to the 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th regiments then making up the Maryland Brigade. In his January, 1865, message to the General Assembly, the Governor reported that each of eight of the Maryland regiments had received a national and a regimental flag and expressed the hope that the nags for the other units could be delivered without exceeding the appropriation. All of the Civil War Union flags in the State House collection, except those numbered 4-B, 12-A and 12-B, were presented to the State November 21, 1906, by members of the Grand Army of the Republic. As a component of the Maryland Brigade (comprised of the 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th Regiments, Infantry, plus for a time the 6th Regiment and Alexander's Battery), the First Brigade saw extensive combat beginning with the Wilderness Campaign and ending with the surrender at Appomattox. No. 5-A - Second Regiment, Infantry, Maryland Volunteers Regimental Color Probably in use from 1861 through a part of 1864, this regimental color of the Second Regiment, Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, is blue with the coat of arms of the United States carrying thirty-four stars in two arched rows above the head of the eagle. Below the eagle in gold lettering on a red ribbon is the designation, "2d Reg't. Md. Vol. Infty." — 10 — |