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Exhibition Copy First Presidio Exhibit
(ZFC0412)
UNITED STATES ARMY REGIMENTAL CAVALRY STANDARD
Date: 1864
Media: Silk; with coat-of-arms and scrolls and stars painted in oil
Comment: Due to the expense of maintaining a mounted force, Congress had discontinued the U.S. Cavalry after the War of 1812. It was not revived again until 1833, when a regiment of Dragoons was formed to awe Plains Indians into submission. By 1861 the mounted force of the regular U.S. Army had grown to six regiments, each of which carried a single standard in place of the national and regimental colors authorized for units serving on foot. The cavalry standard was a miniaturized version of the old national standard of the Army. When mounted forces were reauthorized in 1833, the flags carried by infantry and artillery were undergoing a transition with the Stars and Stripes gradually becoming standard for the foot forces. For reasons no longer clear, when those forces were finally all furnished with their national colors by the mid-1840s, the mounted forces need for a similar pair was forgotten. Indeed, the blue standard after 1887, yellow was the only flag carried when a mounted regiment served together until 1895, when the Stars and Stripes was finally granted to the cavalry. Although the Stars and Stripes was not required by the regulations for cavalry flags, during the Civil War many state volunteer units brought them into service. As the War progressed, the Quartermaster Department sought more uniformity for the cavalry, including their flags, and contracts were let with flag-makers accordingly. This flag was one of 600 contracted for in 1864 through Longley & Brother of Cincinnati. While received from the contractor during the War, it was not issued and in 1880 it was declared surplus.
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0412) in 2000 from the Madaus Flag Collection of Cody, WY; previously part of the State Fencibles Armory Collection of Philadelphia, PA.


Second Presidio Exhibit, 2003 - Gallery III
(ZFC0412)
United States Army Regimental Cavalry Standard

Date:1864
Media: Silk; with coat of arms, scrolls, and stars painted in oil
Comment: Due to the expense of maintaining a mounted force, Congress had discontinued the U.S. Cavalry after the War of 1812. In 1833, to awe the Plains Indians into submission, Congress raised a new regiment of Dragoons. By 1861 the mounted force of the regular U.S. Army had grown to six regiments, each of which carried a single standard in place of the national and regimental colors authorized for units serving on foot. The cavalry standard was a miniaturized version of the old national standard of the Army. When mounted forces were reauthorized in 1833, the flags carried by infantry and artillery were undergoing a transition and the Stars and Stripes was gradually becoming standard for the foot forces. For reasons no longer clear, when those forces were finally all furnished with their national colors by the mid-1840s, the mounted forces need for a similar pair was forgotten. Indeed, until 1895 the blue standardchanged in 1887 to yellowwas the only flag carried when a mounted regiment served together. In 1895 the Stars and Stripes was finally granted to each regiment of cavalry.
This specific flag was one of 600 contracted for in 1864 through Longley & Brother of Cincinnati. While received from the contractor during the War, it was never issued and in 1880 it was declared surplus.

Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection (ZFC0412) in 2000 from the Madaus Flag Collection of Cody, WY; previously part of the State Fencibles Armory Collection of Philadelphia, PA.
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Madaus, Howard M., Dr, Whitney Smith, The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict. Santa Cruz: VZ Publications, 2006, p. 82.

United States Army
Regimental Cavalry Standard

Due to the expense of maintaining a mounted force, Congress had discontinued the U.S. Cavalry after the War of 1812. In 1833, to awe the Plains Indians into submission, Congress raised a new regiment of Dragoons. By 1861 the mounted force of the regular U.S. Army had grown to six regiments, each of which carried a single standard in place of the national and regimental colors authorized for units serving on foot. The cavalry standard was a miniaturized version of the old national standard of the Army. When mounted forces were reauthorized in 1833, the flags carried by infantry and artillery were undergoing a transition and the Stars & Stripes was gradually becoming standard for the foot forces. For reasons no longer clear, when those forces were finally all furnished with their national colors by the mid-1840s, the mounted forces need for a similar pair was forgotten. Indeed, until 1895 the blue standard changed in 1887 to yellow was the only flag carried when a mounted regiment served together, such as the one shown above from the Civil War. In 1895 the Stars & Stripes was finally granted to each regiment of cavalry.

Date: 1864
Size: 25.5" hoist x 29.5" fly
Media: Silk; with coat of arms, scrolls, and stars painted in oil
Provenance: Acquired by the Zaricor Flag Collection in 2000 from the Madaus Flag Collection of Cody, WY; previously part of the State Fencibles Armory Collection of Philadelphia, PA.
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Framed 31" x 36"
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