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234 MARYLAND MANUAL.
In the Flag Room, State House, Annapolis. No. 1. "Old Glory," believed to be the oldest United States Flag in existence, and carried by the American troops in the Revolutionary War. It was made in accordance with the Act of Congress, June 14, 1777. No. 2. Flag carried by the Union Volunteers of Baltimore during the War of 1812-1814. The Union Volunteers were attached to the fifth Regiment of Maryland Militia. This regiment served at Fort McHenry and North Point on September 12, 1814. No. 3. The "Old Defenders' Flag," the original flag adopted by the Old Defenders' Association of the War of 1812, and presented to the State of Maryland by the Society of the War of 1812. Federal Army Flags No. 4. Three flags of the First Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers of the Federal Army, a regiment that served throughout the Civil War. No. 5. Six Flags of the Second Maryland Infantry, Maryland Volunteers in the Civil War. Organized under the President's call of May 3, 1861. No. 6, Four Flags of the Third Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, recruited under call from the President. The recruiting began June 18th, 1861. No. 7. Three Flags of the Fourth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, recruited under the second call of the President, in July and August, 1862. No. 8. Four Flags of the Fifth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized on September 12, 1861, at Lafayette Square, Baltimore. No. 9. Four Flags of the Sixth Regiment Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized at Baltimore under the second call of the Presi- dent, from August 12 to September 8, 1862. |
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