LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF IOWA BATTLE FLAGS.

• No. 1. National flag, First infantry; inscribed: "Springfield." Turned over by state historical society, August, 1894.
• No. 2. National flag, Second infantry; inscribed: "2nd Regt. Iowa Vols." Official report of battle of Ft. Donelson by Colonel Tuttle, says: I cannot omit in this report an account of the color guard. Color Sergeant Doolittle fell early in the engagement pierced by four balls and dangerously wounded. The colors were then taken by Corporal Page, Company B, who soon fell dead. They were again raised by Corporal Churcher, Company I, who had his arm broken just as he entered the entrenchments, when they were taken by Corporal Twombly, Company F, who was almost instantly knocked down by a spent ball, but immediately rose and bore them gallantly to the end of the fight. Not a single man of the color guard but himself was on his feet at the close of the engagement.
• No. 3. National flag, Second infantry; inscribed: "Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Corinth."
• No. 4. National flag, Second infantry.
• No. 5. National flag, Second infantry; inscribed: "Fort Donelson."
• No. 6. Banner, Second infantry.
• No. 7. Banner, Second infantry.
• No. 8. National flag, Third infantry; inscribed: "Blue Mills, Shiloh," "Siege of Corinth, Matamora," "Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson." This flag was captured before Atlanta, July 22, 1864, by Cleburne's division, and presented by Cleburne to Miss Laura J. Massengale (now Mrs. Pickett) who returned the flag to the adjutant-general of Iowa August 7, 1883.
• No. 9. National flag, Third infantry; inscribed: "Blue Mills, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Matamora, Vicksburg, Jackson, Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, Savannah, the Carolinas.
• No. 10. National flag, Fourth infantry; inscribed: "Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8, 1862."
• No. 11. Banner, Fourth infantry.
• No. 12. Banner, Fourth infantry.
• No. 13. National flag, Fifth infantry.
• No. 14. Banner, Fifth infantry; inscribed: "5th Regt. Iowa Vet. Vol. Infantry."
• No. 15. Banner, Fifth infantry.
• No. 16. Banner, Sixth infantry; inscribed: "6th Regt. Iowa Veteran Vols."
• No. 17. National flag, Sixth infantry.
• No. 18. National flag, Sixth infantry.
• No. 19. National flag, Seventh infantry.
• No. 20. National flag, Seventh infantry.
• No. 21. Banner, Seventh infantry.
• No. 22. Banner, Eighth infantry; inscribed: "8th Iowa Veteran Regt. Infantry."
• No. 23. Natoinal flag, Eighth infantry.
• No. 24. National flag, Eighth infantry; from the citizens of Memphis, July, 1864.
• No. 25. Banner, Eighth infantry.
• No. 26. Banner, Ninth infantry.
• No. 27. Banner, Ninth infantry; received from sanitary fair of Dubuque, 1864, and presented to the adjutant-general September, 1889.
• No. 28. National flag, Ninth infantry; extract from history of regiment: "On the 22d of May (1863) in line with the whole army of the Tennessee the regiment went first up to the assault. Its colors went down a few feet from the rebel works after the last one of its guard had fallen, either killed or wounded, and its dripping folds were drawn thence from under the bleeding body of its prostrate bearer."
• No. 29. National flag, Ninth infantry; inscriptions: "Pea Ridge, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Siege of Vicksburg, Cherokee, Tuscumbia, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy and Eden Station, Savannah, Congaree Creek, Columbia, Bentonville."
• No. 30. Banner, Tenth infantry; inscribed: "Tenth Iowa Veterans."
• No. 31. Banner, Tenth infantry; inscribed: "10th Iowa Veteran Vols."
• No. 32. National flag, Eleventh infantry.
• No. 33. National flag, Eleventh infantry.
• No. 34. Banner, Eleventh infantry.
• No. 35. Banner, Twelfth infantry; inscribed: "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain."
• No. 36. Banner, Twelfth infantry; inscribed: "12th Iowa Veteran Vol. infantry."
• No. 37. National flag, Twelfth infantry; inscribed: "Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth."
• No. 38. National flag, Thirteenth infantry; inscribed: "Siege of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia, Bentonsport, Raleigh." The first United States flag raised over the state house at Columbia, S.C., by Lieut.-Col. J. C. Kennedy, Thirteenth Iowa Veteran Volunteer infantry, February 17, 1865.
• No. 39. National flag, Fourteenth infantry; inscribed: "Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth."
• No. 40. Banner, Fourteenth infantry; turned over to adjutant-general under authority from war department dated December 6, 1864, by adjutant Fourteenth infantry.
• No. 41. National flag, Fifteenth infantry; inscribed: "Corinth;" turned over to adjutant-general by L. S. Tyler, 1891.
• No. 42. National flag, Fifteenth infantry; from L. S. Tyler, 1891.
• No. 43. National flag, Fifteenth infantry; inscribed: "Shiloh, Siege of Corith, Iuka, Corinth, Nicka Jack, July 4th, 5th, and 7th, 1864. Vicksburg, Atlanta, July 21st, 22nd, and 28th, 1864. Mediden, Atlanta and Savannah."
• No. 44. National flag, Fifteenth infantry; inscribed: "Siege of Corinth, Corinth, Vicksburg, Monroe, Meriden, Bolton's Cross Roads, Big Shanty, Kenesaw, Nicka Jack, Chattahoochie, Before Atlanta July 20, 21, 22, and 28. Jonesboro, Lovejoy's Station, Atlanta, Snake Creek Gap, Savannah, Pocotaligo, Salkehatchie, Orangebury, Columbia, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro, N.C."
• No. 45. Banner, Fifteenth infantry; inscribed: "15th Iowa Veteran Vols."
• No. 46. Banner, Fifteenth infantry; from L.S. Tyler, 1891.
• No. 47. Banner, Fifteenth infantry.
• No. 48. National flag, Sixteenth infantry; captured with the regiment July 22, 1864, before Atlanta; returned to regiment during reunion in 1883 by General Govan and turned over to adjutant-general by Col. A. H. Saunders in 1884.
• No. 49. National flag, Sixteenth infantry.
• No. 50. Banner, Sixteenth infantry.
• No. 51. Banner, Sixteenth Infantry.
• No. 52. National flag, Seventeenth infantry.
• No. 53. National flag, Seventeenth infantry; turned over by Col. D. B. Hillis in 1883.
• No. 54. National flag, Seventeenth infantry; inscribed: "Siege of Corinth, May 28, 1862; Iuka, September 19, 1862, Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; Raymond, May 12, 1863; Jackson, May 14, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Fort Hill, July 26, 1863; Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; Atlanta, July 27 and 28, 1864; Tilton, October 13, 1864; Savannah, December 21, 1864; Columbia, February 17, 1865; Bentonville, March 18-22, 1865."
• No. 55. Banner, Seventeenth infantry.
• No. 56. Banner, Seventeenth infantry.
• No. 57. Banner, Eighteenth infantry.
• No. 58. Banner, Eighteenth infantry.
• No. 59. National flag, Eighteenth infantry.
• No. 60. Banner, Nineteenth infantry.
• No. 61. National flag, Nineteenth infantry; "Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7th, 1862; Van Buren, Ark., Dec. 28, 1862; Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863; Yazoo, Miss., July 13, 1863; Sterling Farm, La., Sept. 29, 1863; Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 6, 1863."
• No. 62. National flag, a Nineteenth infantry; inscribed: "Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862; Van Buren, Ark., Dec. 28, 1862; Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863: Yazoo City, Miss. July 13, 1863; Sterling Farm, Sept. 29, 1863; Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 6, 1863.
• No. 63. National flag, Twentieth infantry.
• No. 64. Banner, Twentieth infantry.
• No. 65. Banner, Twentieth infantry.
• No. 66. National flag, Twenty-first infantry.
• No. 67. Banner, Twenty-first infantry; inscribed: "Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Huntsville, Vicksburg, Jackson."
• No. 68. Banner, Twenty-second infantry.
• No. 69. Banner, Twenty-second infantry. Received from war department, 1894, through Hon. J. H. Gear.
• No. 70. National flag, Twenty-second infantry. Received from J. C. Schrader, August, 1894.
• No. 71. Banner, Twenty-third infantry.
• No. 72. National flag, Twenty-third infantry; inscribed: "Port Gibson, May 1st, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16, 1863; Black River Bridge, May 17, 1863; Millikens Bend, June 7, 1863; Vicksburg, May 18th to 22nd, Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, Jackson, July 9th to 16th, 1863; Fort Esperanza, November 27 and 28, 1863."
• No. 73. National flag, Twenty-fourth infantry; inscribed: "Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads, Opegan, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek."
• No. 74. National flag, Twenty-fifth infantry.
• No. 75. National flag, Twenty-fifth infantry.
• No. 76. Banner flag, Twenty-fifth infantry.
• No. 77. Banner, Twenty-fifth infantry.
• No. 78. Banner, Twenty-fifth infantry.
• No. 79. Banner, Twenty-sixth infantry.
• No. 80. National flag, Twenty-sixth infantry.
• No. 81. National flag, Twenty-sixth infantry.
• No. 82. National flag, Twenty-seventh infantry; inscribed: "Little Rock, Sept. 10, 1863; Ft. De Russey, La., May 18, 1864; Ditch Bayou, Ark., July 6, 1864; Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864; Old Town Creek, July 15, 1864; Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864; Siege and Capture of Blakely, April 2 to 9, 1865.
• No. 83. Banner, Twenty-seventh infantry.
• No. 84. Banner, Twenty-seventh infantry.
• No. 85. National flag, Twenty-eighth infantry; inscribed: "Port Gibson, Edwards Station, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Jackson."
• No. 86. Banner, Twenty-eighth infantry.
• No. 87. Banner, Twenty-eighth infantry.
• No. 88. National flag, Twenty-eighth infantry; inscribed: "Port Gibson, Edwards Station, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads, Cane River, Middle Bayou, Mansura, Yellow Bayou, Opequan, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek."
• No. 89. Banner, Twenty-ninth infantry. Turned over by Col. Thomas H. Benton, Jr., August 25, 1865.
• No. 90. National flag, Thirtieth infantry. Turned over by Col. A. Roberts, June 17, 1865.
• No. 91. National flag, Thirtieth infantry; inscribed: "Battles participated in by the 30th Regt. Iowa Vol. Infantry, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Battle of 19th and 22d of May and Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Brandon, Cherokee Station, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Nicka Jack, Before Atlanta July 22nd to 28th, Jonesboro, Lovejoy's Station, Bentonville, and Raleigh."
• No. 92. National flag, Thirty-first infantry.
• No. 93. Banner, Thirty-first infantry.
• No. 94. Banner, Thirty-first infantry.
• No. 95. National flag, Thirty-first infantry. Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Fourteen Mile Creek, Vicksburg assaults 19th and 22d of May, Jackson, Canton, Cherokee Station, Tuscumbia, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope, Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Decatur, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Little River, Savannah, Congaree Creek, Columbia, Bentonville and Raleigh.
• No. 96. National flag, Thirty-second infantry: Cape Girardeau, Bayou Metaire, Fort De Russey; Pleasant Hills, Marksville; Yellow Bayou; Lake Chicot, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, Nashville, Brentwood Hills, Ft. Blakely; from the ladies of Waterloo, 1864.
• No. 97. Banner, Thirty-third infantry.
• No. 98. National flag, Thirty-third infantry; Yazoo Pass, Helena, Little Rock, Prarie D'Ann, Poison Springs, Jenkins, Perry, Mobile.
• No. 99. Banner, Thirty-fourth infantry.
• No. 100. National flag, Thirty-fourth infantry; Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, Yazoo City, Ft. Esperanza.
• No. 101. National flag, Thirty-fourth infantry.
• No. 102. Banner, Thirty-fifth infantry.
• No. 103. Banner, Thirty-fifth infantry.
• No. 104. National flag, Thirty-fifth infantry.
• No. 105. National flag, Thirty-fifth infantry.
• No. 106. Banner, Thirty-sixth infantry.
• No. 107. Banner, Thirty-sixth infantry.
• No. 108. National flag, Thirty-eighth infantry; turned over to adjutant-general by Robert McNutt, late surgeon of regiment, in 1888.
• No. 109. National flag, Thirty-ninth infantry; Parker's Cross Roads, Tenn., 1862; Cherokee Station, Ala., 1863; Town Creek, Ala., 1863; Snake Creek Gap, Ga., 1864; Lay's Ferry, Ga., 1864; Alltoona, Ga., 1864; Columbia, S. C., 1865; Bentonville, N.C., 1865.
• No. 110. National flag, Thirty-ninth infantry; turned over by Col. J. M. Griffith, August, 1894.
• No. 111. Banner, Thirty-ninth infantry; turned over by Col. J. M. Griffith, August, 1894.
• No. 112. National flag, Fortieth infantry; Helena, Little Rock, Elkin's Ford, Prairie D'Ann, Camden, Jenkins' Ferry, Marks' Mills, Fort Pemberton.
• No. 113. National flag, First colored regiment, infantry; (also known as Sixtieth U. S. colored infantry).
• No. 114. Banner, unknown; received from adjutant-general of Wisconsin.
• No. 115. Banner, First battery; first at Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8, 1862; Lookout Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain; Atlanta, July 20, 21, 22 and 28th; first at Port Gibson, May 1, 1863; Atlanta, August 11, 1864; Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, New Hope, Church, Chickasaw, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, Chattahoochie River, Jackson, Cherokee, Tuscumbia; presented by the city of Burlington to First Iowa battery, February 15, 1864.
• No. 116. Banner, First Iowa battery. "First at Pea Ridge, March 7th and 8th, 1862; Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Jackson, Siege of Vicksburg, Cherokee, Tuscumbia, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Dallas, Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw, Nicka Jack, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station."
• No. 117. National flag, Second battery.
• No. 118. National flag, Second battery. (Veteran.)
• No. 119. Banner, Third battery; "Sugar Creek, February 17th; Pea Ridge, March 7th and 8th; Helena, July 4th; Ft. Pemberton; Little Rock." Presented to battery in fall of 1862 by ladies of Milwaukee. The coat of arms of Iowa is placed on one side and that of Wisconsin on the other.
• No. 120. National flag, First cavalry.
• No. 121. Banner (small), Second cavalry. (Veteran.)
• No. 122. Banner (small), Second cavalry. (Veteran.)
• No. 123. Guidon, Second cavalry.
• No. 124. Guidon, Second cavalry.
• No. 125. Guidon, Third cavalry.
• No. 126. Banner (small), Third cavalry.
• No. 127. National flag, Third cavalry.
• No. 128. National flag, Third cavalry. (Veteran.) "Pea Ridge, Kirksville, Vicksburg, Little Rock, Harrisburg, Big Blue, Osage, Montevallo, Ala., Mch. 31, 1865; Ebenezer Church, April 1, 1865; Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865; Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865."
• No. 129. Guidon, Fourth cavalry.
• No. 130. Banner (small), Fourth cavalry.
• No. 131. National flag, Fourth cavalry. Big Blue, October 23, 1864; Osage, October 25, 1864; Jackson, May 14, July 9 to July 14, 1863; February 5, 1864; Haines Bluff--captured by Fourth Iowa cavalry, May 19, 1863; Siege of Vicksburg, 1863; Canton, July, 1863; Medidian, February 4, 1864; Tupelo, July 13, 1864; Selma, April 2, 1865, and closing battles.
• No. 132. Banner (small), Fifth cavalry. (Veteran.)
• No. 133. Banner (small), Fifth cavalry.
• No. 134. Banner, Seventh cavalry.
• No. 135. Guidon, Eighth cavalry.
• No. 136. Banner, Eighth cavalry.
• No. 137. Guidon, Eighth cavalry.
• No. 138. National flag, Thirty-fifth infantry. Jackson, May 14; Vicksburg; Jackson, July 16; Henderson Hill; Pleasant Hill; Mansuri; Yellow Bayou; Old River Lake; Tupelo.

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