![]() The First Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, was in the Harpers Ferry Garrison that surrendered to "Stonewall" Jackson in 1862. Bearing thirty-four stars, it possibly had been carried previously by the First Regiment, Potomae Home Brigade, Infantry, which had been disbanded in 1864 and whose veterans, with some recruits, formed the Thirteenth Regiment. This is the national flag of the Thirteenth Regiment, Infantry, Maryland Volunteers, organized early in 1865 for guard duty in West Virginia. If such was the case, this color may have served as the regimental standard of the Eleventh, a 100-day unit that had been organized only about two weeks earlier. It may have been a component of the Eleventh Regiment, Infantry, when in July 1864, that unit was rushed to the Frederick area in an effort to stem the Confederate advance into Maryland led by General Jubal Early. Little has been discovered about the Civil War service of the Baltimore City Guard. 1858." The reverse bears a painting of the Battle Monument in Baltimore in a stylized leaf frame. Beneath the belt are the words, "Organized 1830. The blue color bears on its obverse the words, "Presented to Battalion Baltimore City Guard by the Ladies of Baltimore." The legend is encircled by a belt of knighthood carrying the motto "Non solum nobis sed pro patria." (Not for self, but for country). Withdrawing from that unit in 1858, the Guard became an independent organization and is said to have maintained its identity as a home guard battalion during the war. This is the battalion color of the Baltimore City Guard, a component of the pre-Civil War Fifty-Third Regiment, Maryland Militia. 15 - Baltimore City Guard Battalion Color ![]() MdHR 786257, Image No: 18 Enlarge and print image (50K) ADJUTANT GENERAL, Guide Book and Descriptive Manual of Battle Flags, MdHR 786257, Image No: 18īattle Flags in Flag Room of State House), 1965
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