1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery K
SC-127-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 27” x 33.5”
Description:
This swallowtail silk national flag has 34 gold-colored painted stars arranged in two concentric circles with 12 in the inner circle, 18 stars in the outer circle, and one star in each corner. There is some fracturing along the fly edge and particularly in the first white stripe. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff. Two oilcloth reinforcing rings are with the flag, but have been detached.
The staff, which measures 90” by 1”, is topped by a spade-shaped finial. Written in red on the staff are the words “Battery K”.
Adoption:
October 5, 2003 - Lloyd Heuvelhorst and Members of Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery
1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery K
SC-154-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 27.5” x ?” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This swallowtail silk national flag has gold painted stars arranged in two concentric circles with a star in each corner. It is very tattered making it difficult to determine the original number of stars. There is a lot of loss both in the canton and along the fly edge of the flag. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff. The sleeve was reinforced with another piece of material.
The staff, which measures 89.75” by 1”, is topped by a spade-shaped finial. The staffs of flags returned to the state at the 1866 Detroit ceremony marking the end of the war all bear identical brass plaques. The brass plaque reads in Spencerian script “Battery K 1st Arty”.
Adoption: