Title: Wisconsin Veterans Museum Wisconsin Civil War Battle Flag Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1866-2003

Creator:

• Wisconsin Veterans Museum,

Call Number: WVM Mss 956

Quantity: 1.6 linear ft. (4 archives boxes and 1 oversized folder) of papers, 3.4 linear ft. (8 archives boxes, 1 half archives box, 1 negative box, 84 slides, 1 oversized folder, 13 positive flaps of photographs, and 0.8 linear ft. (2 boxes) of paper prints.

Repository:

Wisconsin Veterans Museum
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Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Veterans Museum (Map)

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Abstract:

Records and photographs relating to the conservation of the collection of Wisconsin Civil War battle flags held by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (W.V.M.). Records include correspondence with conservationists, flag scholars and experts, and potential donors. Forms and conservation sketches show how conservationists, particularly Welter Studio, assessed the condition of the flags, proposed treatments, and charged for their work. Collected information documents popular methods in conservation and storage that the W.V.M. considered. Papers relating to the flag of the 1st Tennessee convey the controversy that took place when the State of Tennessee asked the W.V.M. to return the flag, and correspondence and newspaper clippings reveal the eventual compromise of a long-term loan. Fundraising records document the extreme effort to acquire the funds to conserve the flags. Correspondence with fraternal organizations, local businesses, communities, and other groups with an interest or connection to a particular flag document extensive fundraising efforts done in the 1980s and 1990s. Other financial records reveal matching state funds for conservation of the flags. Publicity for the conservation effort includes newspaper clippings and journal articles. The majority of the photographs consist of both pre- and post-conservation pictures of the flags. The 'before' shots show the immense wear and tear, including holes, tears, and fading on the flags while the 'after' shots show the conservation work that was done to stabilize and repair those issues. Publicity shots highlight ceremonies unveiling and dedicating several of the flags.

Language: English

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The State of Wisconsin contributed fifty-three regiments of infantry, four regiments of cavalry, one regiment of heavy artillery, and thirteen batteries of light artillery to the Union effort in the Civil War. Each of these units carried flags during their service, generally one national color and one regimental color. The national color was a standard American flag while the regimental color, for Wisconsin at least, was usually blue with the national seal, state seal, state motto, or some combination therein on one or both sides. Some units carried additional flags, such as the Company C of the 8th Wisconsin's 'eagle' flag, the 17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's 'Irish' flag and the Iron Brigade's Tiffany banner. Artillery and cavalry units carried guidons, a smaller, horizontal V-shaped banner while some units also carried a 'marker' with a unit number that indicated their position in the line. These flags were of immense importance to the soldiers as morale boosters and rallying points in battle. Their significance has been documented in The Battle Flags and Wisconsin Troops in the Civil War and War with Spain by J. Stanley Dietz (1943) and The Flags of the Iron Brigade by Howard Michael Madaus and Richard H. Zeitlin.

Following the Civil War, the majority of Wisconsin's battle flags were housed in the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Hall, a room in the Capitol building in Madison. They rested there for decades, surviving a fire in 1904, being displayed on occasion, but for the most part staying furled on their staffs. In the 1980s, the G.A.R. Memorial Hall began seeking funds to conserve the flags. The Wisconsin State Legislature agreed to provide $10,000 in matching funds and many state businesses, veteran and fraternal organizations, and individuals donated funds to conserve specific flags. Intensive fundraising continued into the 1990s, with actual conservation work beginning in the early 1980s.

The records of the Wisconsin Civil War Battle Flags are divided into two series: Records and Photographs.

Records (1866-2003) document the major effort in the mid-1980s through the 1990s to conserve the Civil War battle flag collection of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (W.V.M.). The subseries documents different aspects of that effort: conservation, fundraising, and publicity. The conservation subseries contains records relating to several conservationists who consulted or worked with the W.V.M. on its flags. The Welter Studio did the majority of the conservation work during this time period and their condition reports, which list problems with the unconserved flags as well as proposed treatments, are included along with bills and notification of shipping and receiving the flags. Correspondence files consist largely of received letters that inquire about the state of flags, give advice about the conservation of flags, or ask for recommendations in conserving flags. Extended correspondence with Wisconsin flag expert H. Michael Madaus includes his assessment of the W.V.M. flag collection, and some letters from the MacArthur Foundation pertain to their unsuccessful attempt to obtain the flag of the 24th Wisconsin, that Arthur MacArthur carried when he earned the Medal of Honor, on loan from the W.V.M. A considerable amount of material relates to the flag of the 1st Tennessee, found in the W.V.M. collection. Correspondence and newspaper clippings relate to the effort of the State of Tennessee and several Confederate fraternal organizations to have the flag returned to Tennessee. Finally, the flag was loaned to Tennessee in 1998, while the W.V.M. retained ownership. Conservation sketches of Wisconsin flags show the size of lettering and describe the colors and materials used in the flags. Other papers provide information about two Wisconsin flags once kept at the tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War flags of other states, proposed conservation treatments and storage systems considered by the W.V.M., and papers from a symposium on flag conservation.

The fundraising subseries consists largely of correspondence. It reveals that the W.V.M. pushed very hard to obtain funding for the conservation of the flags. They appealed to fraternal organizations, local business, communities, and other groups who might have an interest or connection to a particular flag with some success. Financial records also reveal that the Wisconsin legislature voted to match conservation funding up to $20,000. Magazine and newspaper articles can be found in the publicity subseries, which includes materials relating to the W.V.M. collection as well as flags in general. Local and state newspapers gave moderate coverage to the unveiling of flags and subsequent conservation in the 1980s and 1990s.

Photographs (1977-2003) contain photographs, both pre- and post-conservation, of many of the Civil War battle flags in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Because so many of the flags are so similar, they are organized by regiment and there under by the museum accession number. The 'Before Conservation' subseries has pictures of the flags as they were unfurled, showing significant wear and damage. Many flags have holes and tears, and the painted symbols show fading and damage. Most of the photographs were taken at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall in Madison, though some are from a conservator's shop. The 'Post Conservation' shots are professionally done, in color, and include contact prints of the conserved flags as well as many enlarged copies of the contact prints. These shots make very clear the work done on the flags repairing the holes, tears, fading, and other damage. There are also negatives for almost all of the post conservation photographs and some of the before conservation photographs. Publicity photographs document several ceremonies regarding the flags, including the unveiling, the dedication of several flags at which Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus spoke, and the dedication of the 1st Tennessee flag. Also included are several battle flag prints that have been scanned into the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Civil War database.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Russell Horton in 2006.

	Series: Records
	Subseries: Conservation
	Conservationists
Box   1 Folder   1	Grace Cooper, 1977
Box   1 Folder   2-4	Welter Studio, 1972-2000
Box   1 Folder   5	Condition reports, 1985-1997
Box   1 Folder   6	Nancy Conlin Wyatt, 1995-1996
Box   1 Folder   7	Correspondence, 1967-1990
Box   1 Folder   8	Fred Benkovic, 1962-1965
Box   1 Folder   9	MacArthur Foundation, 1980-1981
Box   1 Folder   10	H. Michael Madaus, 1962-1987
	Flags
Box   1 Folder   11	Confederate flags, 1996-1997
	1st Tennessee Infantry
Box   1 Folder   12	Background information, circa 1998
Box   1 Folder   13	Ceremonies (unveiling and loan), 1996, 1998
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Correspondence, 1992-1998
Box   2 Folder   3	Loan forms, 1998-2003
Box   2 Folder   4	Newspaper clippings, 1996-1998
Box   2 Folder   5	Conserved Wisconsin flags, 1991-2003
	Conservation sketches
Box   2 Folder   6	1st, 6th Light Artillery Batteries, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	1st, 2nd, 3rd Cavalry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   8	1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   9	6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   10	12th, 14th, 15th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   11	16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   12	21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   13	26th, 28th, 29th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   14	33rd, 36th, 37th, 38th Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   15	48th, 51st Infantry Regiments, undated
Box   2 Folder   16	Blank forms, undated
Box   2 Folder   17	Flag poles, undated
Box   2 Folder   18	Grant's Tomb collection, 1979-1986
Box   2 Folder   19	Other states, 1966-1999
Box   2 Folder   20	Proposed treatments, 1968-1974
Box   2 Folder   21	Published articles, 1970-1980
Box   3 Folder   1	Storage units, circa 1989
Box   3 Folder   2-4	Symposium papers, 1987
	Subseries: Fundraising	⇧
Box   3 Folder   5-7	Correspondence, 1976-1997
Box   3 Folder   8	Civil War Roundtable of Milwaukee, 1981
Box   3 Folder   9	Kadlec-Stauff family, 1998-2002
Box   3 Folder   10	La Crosse Tribune, 1984-1985
Box   3 Folder   11	Possible supporters, 1980-1987
Box   4 Folder   1	Refusals, 1980-1984
Box   4 Folder   2	Financial records, 1980-2002
Box   4 Folder   3-4	NEA grant, 1972-1980
Box   4 Folder   5	State matching funds, 1971-1973
Box   4 Folder   6-7	Publicity, [1866-2001]
Box   4 Folder   8	Flag etiquette, undated
Box   4 Folder   9	'New Glory' project, 1974-1976
Box   4 Folder   10	Newspaper clippings, 1980-1998
Ov   23 Folder   5	Conservation, 1974, 1985
Box   4 Folder   11	Wisconsin flags at other institutions, 1987-1989
	Series: Photographs	⇧
	Subseries: Administrative
	Publicity
Box   11 Folder   31	First flag unveiling, 1981
Box   11 Folder   32	Second flag unveiling, 1982
	Subseries: Conservation	⇧
Box   5 Folder   1	Consultants [5] , undated
Box   5 Folder   2-5	Grace Rogers Cooper [21] , 1977
Paper Print   4 Folder   6	Slide prints [90] , undated
	Flags
	Before Conservation
	Artillery, Heavy
Box   5 Folder   6	1st Regiment, Regimental, V1964.219.16 [2] undated
	Artillery, Light
	1st Battery
	Guidon
Box   7 Folder   7	V1964.219.17 [2] , undated
Box   7 Folder   8	V1964.219.18 [4] , undated
Box   7 Folder   9	National, V1964.219.19 [5] undated
Box   7 Folder   10-11	6th Battery, National, V1964.219.22 [10] undated
Box   7 Folder   12	12th Battery, National, V1964.219.24 [2] undated
	Cavalry
	1st Regiment
Box   7 Folder   13	Guidon, V1964.219.2 [5] 1985
	Regimental
Box   5 Folder   14	V1964.219.3 [4] , undated
Box   5 Folder   15	V1964.219.5 [4] , undated
Box   5 Folder   16	V1964.219.6 [3] , undated
	2nd Regiment
Box   5 Folder   17	Regimental, V1964.219.7 [7] undated
Box   5 Folder   18	Guidon, V1964.219.8 [4] undated
	3rd Regiment
Box   5 Folder   19	Guidon and Regimental [2] V1964.219.9-10, undated
	Infantry
	1st Regiment
Box   5 Folder   20	Marker, V1964.219.30 [5] undated
	National
Box   5 Folder   21	V1964.219.25 [2] , undated
Box   5 Folder   22	V1964.219.27 [4] , undated
Box   5 Folder   23	V1964.219.28 [7] , undated
	Regimental
Box   5 Folder   24-25	V1964.219.26 [8] , undated
Box   5 Folder   26	V1964.219.29 [6] , undated
	2nd Regiment
	National
Box   5 Folder   27-29	V1964.219.38 [14] , undated
Box   5 Folder   30	Flag staff [6] , undated
Color PhN   1 Folder   17-29, 40	Transparencies [13] , undated
Box   5 Folder   31	V1964.219.40 [2] , undated
Box   5 Folder   32	Flag staff [3] , undated
	Regimental
Box   5 Folder   33-36	V1964.219.39 [14] , undated
Box   5 Folder   37-39	V1964.219.41 [11] , undated
	3rd Regiment
	National
Box   5 Folder   40	V1964.219.32 [4] , undated
Box   5 Folder   41	V1964.219.33 [5] , undated
Box   5 Folder   42	V1964.219.34 [1] , undated
Box   5 Folder   43-44	Regimental, V1964.219.31 [7] undated
	4th Regiment
	National
Box   5 Folder   45	V1964.219.12 [5] , undated
Box   5 Folder   46	V1964.219.14 [2] , undated
Box   5 Folder   47	Regimental, V1964.219.13 [2] undated
	5th Regiment
Box   5 Folder   48	National, V1964.219.36 [5] undated
	Regimental
Box   5 Folder   49	V1964.219.35 [3] , undated
Box   5 Folder   50	V1964.219.37 [5] , undated
	6th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   1	V1964.219.42 [3] , undated
Box   6 Folder   2-4	V1964.219.44 [10] , undated
Box   6 Folder   5	V1964.219.46 [3] , undated
	Regimental
Box   6 Folder   6-14	V1964.219.43 [47] , 1982
Box   6 Folder   15-16	V1964.219.45 [7] , undated
	7th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   17-18	V1964.219.48 [6] , undated
Box   6 Folder   19	V1964.219.50 [3] , undated
	Regimental
Box   6 Folder   20	V1964.219.47 [3] , undated
Box   6 Folder   21-22	V1964.219.49 [8] , undated
	8th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   23	V1964.219.53 [5] , undated
Box   6 Folder   24	V1964.219.55 [6] , undated
Box   6 Folder   25-27	Company C, V1977.6 [12] undated
	Regimental
Box   6 Folder   28	V1964.219.54 [5] , undated
Box   6 Folder   29	V1964.219.56 [1] , undated
	9th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   30	V1964.219.57 [7] , undated
Box   6 Folder   31	V1964.219.59 [5] , undated
	Regimental
Box   6 Folder   32	V1964.219.58 [5] , undated
Box   6 Folder   33	V1964.219.60 [2] , undated
	10th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   34	V1964.219.61 [3] , undated
Box   6 Folder   35	V1964.219.62 [2] , undated
	11th Regiment
Box   6 Folder   36	National, V1964.219.63 [8] undated
Box   6 Folder   37-38	Regimental, V1964.219.64 [12] undated
	12th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   39	V1964.219.68 [2] , undated
Box   6 Folder   40	V1986.7 (Grant's Tomb) [5] , undated
Box   6 Folder   41	Regimental, V1964.219.67 [5] undated
Box   6 Folder   42	Flag staffs [5] , undated
	13th Regiment
	National
Box   6 Folder   43	V1964.219.71 [4] , undated
Box   6 Folder   44	V1964.219.72 [1] , undated
Box   6 Folder   45	Regimental, V1964.219.70 [1] undated
	14th Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   1	V1964.219.73 [7] , undated
Box   7 Folder   2	V1964.219.75 [2] , undated
Box   7 Folder   3	V1964.219.77 [5] , undated
Box   7 Folder   4	Regimental, V1964.219.76 [7] undated
	15th Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   5	V1964.219.78 [1] , undated
Box   7 Folder   6	V1964.219.80 [3] , undated
	Regimental
Box   7 Folder   7	V1964.219.79 [3] , undated
Box   7 Folder   8-9	V1964.219.81 [12] , undated
	16th Regiment
Box   7 Folder   10	National, V1986.8 (Grant's Tomb) [4] undated
Box   7 Folder   11	Regimental, V1964.219.83 [6] undated
Box   7 Folder   12	Flag staff [4] , undated
	17th Regiment
Box   7 Folder   13	Irish, V1964.219.85 [7] undated
	National
Box   7 Folder   14	V1964.219.84 [2] , undated
Box   7 Folder   15	V1964.219.86 [4] , undated
	Regimental
Box   7 Folder   16	V1964.219.87 [3] , undated
Box   7 Folder   17	V1964.219.120 [5] , undated
	18th Regiment
Box   7 Folder   18	National, V1964.219.89 [3] undated
Box   7 Folder   19	Regimental, V1964.219.90 [7] undated
	19th Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   20	V1964.219.91 [5] , undated
Box   7 Folder   21	V1964.219.95 [4] , undated
	Regimental
Box   7 Folder   22	V1964.219.93 [5] , undated
Box   7 Folder   23-24	V1964.219.97 [8] , undated
	20th Regiment
Box   7 Folder   25-27	National, V1964.219.99 [11] undated
Box   7 Folder   28-29	Regimental, V1964.219.100 [9] undated
	21st Regiment
Box   7 Folder   30	National, V1964.219.106 [3] undated
	22nd Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   31	V1964.219.107 [4] , undated
Box   7 Folder   32	V1964.219.109 [5] , undated
Box   7 Folder   33-36	Regimental, V1964.219.108 [18] undated
	23rd Regiment
Box   7 Folder   37	National, V1964.219.110 [5] undated
Box   7 Folder   38-40	Regimental, V1964.219.111 [13] undated
	24th Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   41	V1964.219.114 [5] , undated
Box   7 Folder   42	V1964.219.116 [2] , undated
	25th Regiment
Box   7 Folder   43	National, V1964.219.118 [7] undated
Box   7 Folder   44	Regimental, V1964.219.117 [3] undated
	26th Regiment
	National
Box   7 Folder   45	V1964.219.119 [3] , undated
Box   7 Folder   46	V1964.219.121 [4] , undated
Box   7 Folder   47	Items attached to flag [5] , undated
	27th Regiment
	Regimental
Box   8 Folder   1	V1964.219.123 [4] , undated
Box   8 Folder   2	V1964.219.125 [6] , undated
	28th Regiment
	National
Box   8 Folder   3	V1964.219.126 [5] , undated
Box   8 Folder   4	V1964.219.128 [3] , undated
Box   8 Folder   5-6	Regimental, V1964.219.127 [10] undated
	29th Regiment
Box   8 Folder   7-8	National, V1964.219.134 [10] undated
	30th Regiment
Box   8 Folder   9	National, V1964.219.135 [2] undated
Box   8 Folder   10	Regimental, V1964.219.136 [2] undated
	33rd Regiment
Box   8 Folder   11	National, V1964.219.143 [6] 1983
Box   8 Folder   12	Regimental, V1964.219.146 [6] undated
	36th Regiment
Box   8 Folder   13	Marker [2] , undated
Box   8 Folder   14	National, V1964.219.158 [2] undated
Box   8 Folder   15	Regimental, V1964.219.154 [2] undated
	37th Regiment
	National
Box   8 Folder   16	V1964.219.159 [2] , undated
Box   8 Folder   17	V1964.219.161 [3] , undated
Box   8 Folder   18	Regimental, V1964.219.160 [3] undated
	38th Regiment
Box   8 Folder   19	National, V1964.219.162 [6] undated
Box   8 Folder   20	Regimental, V1964.219.163 [3] undated
	48th Regiment
Box   8 Folder   21	National, V1964.219.181 [2] undated
Box   8 Folder   22-23	Regimental, V1964.219.182 [11] undated
	51st Regiment
Box   8 Folder   24	National, V1964.219.187 [3] undated
Box   8 Folder   25	Regimental, V1964.219.188 [5] undated
Box   8 Folder   26-27	G.A.R., Dept. of Wisconsin banner, V1989.25.2 [9] undated
Box   8 Folder   28	Iron Brigade Tiffany banner, V1964.219.200 [2] undated
	Other Institutions' Flags
Box   8 Folder   29	1st Wisconsin Infantry, Co. G [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   30	15th Wisconsin Infantry, Scandanavian [1] 1985
Box   8 Folder   31	26th North Carolina Infantry [1] , 1982
Box   8 Folder   32	Minnesota flags [1] , undated
	Post Conservation
	Artillery, Heavy
Box   8 Folder   33	1st Regiment, Regimental, V1964.219.16 [4] undated
	Artillery, Light
	1st Battery
Box   8 Folder   34	Guidon, V1964.219.18 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   35	National, V1964.219.19 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   36	4th Battery, National, V1964.219.20 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   37	6th Battery, National, V1964.219.22 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   38	12th Battery, National, V1964.219.24 [1] undated
	Cavalry
	1st Regiment
Box   8 Folder   39	Guidon, V1964.219.2 [1], circa 1993
	Regimental
Box   8 Folder   40	V1964.219.3 [1] , undated
Box   8 Folder   41	V1964.219.5 [1] , undated
Box   8 Folder   42	V1964.219.6 [1] , undated
	2nd Regiment
Box   8 Folder   43	Guidon, V1964.219.8 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   44	Regimental, V1964.219.7 [1] undated
	3rd Regiment
Box   8 Folder   45	Guidon, V1964.219.10 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   46	Regimental, V1964.219.9 [1] undated
Box   8 Folder   47	4th Regiment, National, V1964.219.11 [1] undated
	Infantry
	1st Regiment
Box   8 Folder   48	Marker, V1964.219.30 [1] undated
	National
Box   8 Folder   49	V1964.219.25 [1] , undated
Box   8 Folder   50	V1964.219.27 [1] , undated
Box   8 Folder   51	V1964.219.28 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   8 Folder   52	V1964.219.26 [1] , undated
	2nd Regiment
	National
Box   8 Folder   53	V1964.219.38 [1] , undated
Box   8 Folder   54	V1964.219.40 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   8 Folder   55	V1964.219.39 [2] , undated
Box   8 Folder   56	V1964.219.41 [2] , undated
	3rd Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   1	V1964.219.33 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   2	V1964.219.34 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   3	Regimental, V1964.219.31 [2] undated
	4th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   4	V1964.219.12 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   5	V1964.219.14 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   6	Regimental, V1964.219.13 [2] undated
	5th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   7	National, V1964.219.36 [1] undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   8	V1964.219.35 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   9	V1964.219.37 [1] , undated
	6th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   10	V1964.219.44 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   11	V1964.219.46 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   12	V1964.219.43 [2] , undated
Box   9 Folder   13	V1964.219.45 [1] , undated
	7th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   14	V1964.219.48 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   15	V1964.219.50 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   16	V1964.219.47 [2] , undated
Box   9 Folder   17	V1964.219.49 [2] , undated
	8th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   18	V1964.219.53 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   19	V1964.219.55 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   20	Company C, V1977.6 [1] undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   21	V1964.219.54 [2] , undated
Box   9 Folder   22	V1964.219.56 [1] , undated
	9th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   23	V1964.219.57 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   24	V1964.219.59 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   25	V1964.219.58 [2] , undated
Box   9 Folder   26	V1964.219.60 [1] , undated
	10th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   27	V1964.219.61 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   28	V1964.219.62 [1] , undated
	11th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   29	National, V1964.219.64 [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   30	Regimental, V1964.219.63 [2] undated
	12th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   31	V1964.219.68 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   32	V1986.7 (Grant's Tomb) [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   33	Regimental, V1964.219.67 [1] undated
	13th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   34	National, V1964.219.71 [1] undated
	14th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   35	V1964.219.73 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   36	V1964.219.75 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   37	V1964.219.77 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   38	Regimental, V1964.219.76 [1] undated
	15th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   39	National, V1964.219.80 [1] undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   40	V1964.219.79 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   41	V1964.219.81 [1] , undated
	16th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   42	National, V1986.8 (Grant's Tomb) [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   43	Regimental, V1964.219.83 [2] undated
	17th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   44	Irish, V1964.219.85 [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   45	National, V1964.219.86 [1] undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   46	V1964.219.87 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   47	V1964.219.120 [1] , undated
	18th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   48	National, V1964.219.89 [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   49	Regimental, V1964.219.90 [1] undated
	19th Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   50	V1964.219.91 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   51	V1964.219.95 [1] , undated
	Regimental
Box   9 Folder   52	V1964.219.93 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   53	V1964.219.97 [2] , undated
	20th Regiment
Box   9 Folder   54	National, V1964.219.99 [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   55	Regimental, V1964.219.100 [2] undated
	21st Regiment
Box   9 Folder   56	National, V1964.219.106 [1] undated
	22nd Regiment
	National
Box   9 Folder   57	V1964.219.107 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   58	V1964.219.109 [1] , undated
Box   9 Folder   59	Regimental, V1964.219.108 [1] undated
	23rd Regiment
Box   9 Folder   60	National, V1964.219.110 [1] undated
Box   9 Folder   61	Regimental, V1964.219.111 [1] undated
	24th Regiment
	National
Box   10 Folder   1	V1964.219.114 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   2	V1964.219.116 [1] , undated
	25th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   3	National, V1964.219.118 [1] undated
	26th Regiment
	National
Box   10 Folder   4	V1964.219.119 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   5	V1964.219.121 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   6	Regimental, V1964.219.122 [1] undated
	27th Regiment
	Regimental
Box   10 Folder   7	V1964.219.123 [2] , undated
Box   10 Folder   8	V1964.219.125 [1] , undated
	28th Regiment
	National
Box   10 Folder   9	V1964.219.126 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   10	V1964.219.128 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   11	Regimental, V1964.219.127 [2] undated
	29th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   12	National, V1964.219.132 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   13	Regimental, V1964.219.131 [2] undated
	30th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   14	National, V1964.219.135 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   15	Regimental, V1964.219.136 [2] undated
	33rd Regiment
Box   10 Folder   16	National, V1964.219.143 [2] 1983
Box   10 Folder   17	Regimental, V1964.219.146 [1] undated
	36th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   18	National, V1964.219.158 [1] undated
	Regimental
Box   10 Folder   19	V1964.219.153 [2] , undated
Box   10 Folder   20	V1964.219.154 [2] , undated
	37th Regiment
	National
Box   10 Folder   21	V1964.219.159 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   22	V1964.219.161 [1] , undated
Box   10 Folder   23	Regimental, V1964.219.160 [1] undated
	38th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   24	National, V1964.219.162 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   25	Regimental, V1964.219.163 [2] undated
	48th Regiment
Box   10 Folder   26	National, V1964.219.181 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   27	Regimental, V1964.219.182 [2] undated
	51st Regiment
Box   10 Folder   28	National, V1964.219.187 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   29	Regimental, V1964.219.188 [2] undated
Box   10 Folder   30	G.A.R., Dept. of Wisconsin banner, V1989.25.2 [1] undated
Box   10 Folder   31	Iron Brigade Tiffany banner, V1964.219.200 [4] undated
Box   10 Folder   32	1st Tennessee Infantry, V1998.1.334 [2] undated
Box   10 Folder   33	Subseries: Publicity [2] , undated	⇧
Box   10 Folder   34	1st Tennessee flag ceremony [4] , undated
Box   10 Folder   35	6th Wisconsin Infantry [1] , circa 1995
Box   10 Folder   36-41	Civil War database scans [29] , circa 1993
Box   10 Folder   42	Flag dedication ceremony [6] , 1982
Box   10 Folder   43	Flags [3] , 1982
Box   10 Folder   44	Speakers [4] , 1982
Box   10 Folder   45	Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus [4] , 1982
Box   10 Folder   46	Dr. Richard Zeitlin [3] , 1982
Box   10 Folder   47	Kadlec-Stauff family ceremony [2] , 1998
	Subseries: Negatives	⇧
Box   11 Folder   1	Conservation, undated
Box   11 Folder   2	Consultant visit, 1977
	Flags
	Before Conservation
	Infantry
Box   11 Folder   3	2nd, 3rd, and 4th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   4	6th and 7th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   5	8th and 9th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   6	14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   7	18th, 22nd, and 26th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   8	29th, 33rd, 37th, 48th, and 51st Regiments and G.A.R. banner, undated
	Post Conservation
	Artillery, Light
Box   11 Folder   9	1st and 6th Batteries, undated
	Cavalry
Box   11 Folder   10	1st Regiment, undated
Box   11 Folder   11	2nd and 3rd Regiments, undated
	Infantry
Box   11 Folder   12	1st Regiment, undated
Box   11 Folder   13	2nd and 3rd Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   14	4th and 5th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   15	6th Regiment, undated
Box   11 Folder   16	7th Regiment, undated
Box   11 Folder   17	8th Regiment, undated
Box   11 Folder   18	9th, 10th, and 11th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   19	12th, 13th, and 14th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   20	15th and 16th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   21	17th, 18th, and 19th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   22	20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   23	24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   24	29th, 33rd, and 36th Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   25	37th, 38th, 48th, and 51st Regiments, undated
Box   11 Folder   26	G.A.R. and Iron Brigade banners and 1st Tennessee Infantry, circa 2003
	W.V.M.-owned negatives
Box   11 Folder   27	1st Heavy Artillery, 4th and 12th Light Artillery, and 4th Cavalry, circa 2003
Box   11 Folder   28	6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Infantry, circa 2003
Box   11 Folder   29	13th, 21st, 26th, 27th, and 28th Infantry, circa 2003
Box   11 Folder   30	30th and 36th Infantry; Iron Brigade banner, circa 2003

Unit	Type of Unit	Type of Flag	Accession Number
1st Regiment	Heavy Artillery	Regimental	V1964.219.016
1st Battery	Light Artillery	Regimental	V1964.219.017
1st Battery	Light Artillery	Guidon	V1964.219.018
1st Battery	Light Artillery	National	V1964.219.019
4th Battery	Light Artillery	National	V1964.219.020
6th Battery	Light Artillery	National	V1964.219.021
6th Battery	Light Artillery	National	V1964.219.022
10th Battery	Light Artillery	Guidon	V1964.219.023
12th Battery	Light Artillery	National	V1964.219.024
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Guidon	V2002.68.1
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Guidon	V1964.219.002
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Regimental	V1964.219.003
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Guidon	V1964.219.004
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Regimental	V1964.219.005
1st Regiment	Cavalry	Regimental	V1964.219.006
2nd Regiment	Cavalry	Regimental	V1964.219.007
2nd Regiment	Cavalry	Guidon	V1964.219.008
3rd Regiment	Cavalry	Regimental	V1964.219.009
3rd Regiment	Cavalry	National-Guidon	V1964.219.010
4th Regiment	Cavalry	National-Guidon	V1964.219.011
4th Regiment	Cavalry	Guidon	V1964.219.015
1st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.025
1st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1863	V1964.219.026
1st Regiment	Infantry	National-1861	V1964.219.027
1st Regiment	Infantry	National-1863	V1964.219.028
1st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1863	V1964.219.029
1st Regiment	Infantry	Marker	V1964.219.030
2nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.038
2nd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.039
2nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.040
2nd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.041
3rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.031
3rd Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.032
3rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.033
3rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.034
4th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.012
4th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.013
4th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.014
5th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.035
5th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.036
5th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.037
6th Regiment	Infantry	National-1861 ?	V1964.219.042
6th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.043
6th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.044
6th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.045
6th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.046
7th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.047
7th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.048
7th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1863	V1964.219.049
7th Regiment	Infantry	National-1861	V1964.219.050
8th Regiment	Infantry	National-Co C	V1977.006
8th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.053
8th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.054
8th Regiment	Infantry	National-1861	V1964.219.055
8th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.056
9th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.057
9th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1865 Vet	V1964.219.058
9th Regiment	Infantry	National-1865 Vet	V1964.219.059
9th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.060
10th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.061
10th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.062
11th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1862	V1964.219.063
11th Regiment	Infantry	National-1863 w/Hon	V1964.219.064
11th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.065
11th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.066
12th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1986.007
12th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.067
12th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.068
12th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.069
13th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.070
13th Regiment	Infantry	National-1861	V1964.219.071
13th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.072
14th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.073
14th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.074
14th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.075
14th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1865	V1964.219.076
14th Regiment	Infantry	National-1861	V1964.219.077
15th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.078
15th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.079
15th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.080
15th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.081
16th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1986.008
16th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.082
16th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.083
17th Regiment	Infantry	Regt,l-1863 w/Hon	V1964.219.120
17th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.084
17th Regiment	Infantry	Irish	V1964.219.085
17th Regiment	Infantry	National-1865	V1964.219.086
17th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1861	V1964.219.087
17th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.088
18th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.089
18th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.090
19th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.091
19th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.092
19th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1862	V1964.219.093
19th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.094
19th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.095
19th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.096
19th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.097
20th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.098
20th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.099
20th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.100
20th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.101
21st Regiment	Infantry	??	V1964.219.??
21st Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.102
21st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.103
21st Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.104
21st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.105
21st Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.106
22nd Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.107
22nd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.108
22nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.109
23rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.110
23rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.111
23rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.112
23rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.113
24th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.114
24th Regiment	Infantry	Corps	V1964.219.115
24th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.116
25th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.117
25th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.118
26th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.119
26th Regiment	Infantry	National-1862	V1964.219.121
26th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.122a,b
27th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.123
27th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.124
27th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.125
28th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.126
28th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.127
28th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.128
28th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.129
29th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.130
29th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.131
29th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.132
29th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.133
29th Regiment	Infantry	National-1863	V1964.219.134
30th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.135
30th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.136
31st Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.137
31st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.138
32nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.139
32nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.140
32nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.141
32nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.142
33rd Regiment	Infantry	National- 1863/1864	V1964.219.143
33rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.144
33rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.145
33rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.146
33rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.147
34th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.148
34th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.149
35th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.150
35th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.151
36th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.152
36th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.153
36th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.154
36th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.155
36th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.156
36th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.157
36th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.158
37th Regiment	Infantry	??	V1964.219.159
37th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.160
37th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.161
38th Regiment	Infantry	National-1864	V1964.219.162
38th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1864	V1964.219.163
39th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.164
40th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.165
40th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.166
41st Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.167
41st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.168
42nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.169
43rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.170
44th Regiment	Infantry	Guidon	V1964.219.171
44th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.172
44th Regiment	Infantry	Guidon	V1964.219.173
45th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.174
45th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.175
45th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.176
46th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.177
46th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.178
47th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.179
47th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.180
48th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.181
48th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.182
49th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.183
49th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.184
50th Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.185
50th Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.186
51st Regiment	Infantry	National-1865	V1964.219.187
51st Regiment	Infantry	Regimental-1865	V1964.219.188
52nd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.189
52nd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.190
53rd Regiment	Infantry	National	V1964.219.191
53rd Regiment	Infantry	Regimental	V1964.219.192
Iron Brigade	Infantry	Corps	V1964.219.051
Iron Brigade	Infantry	Corps	V1964.219.052