12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-42-90: Silk regimental ▪ Dimensions: 71”x 76” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This silk regimental flag features a painted eagle holding a shield in the center. Thirty-five five-pointed stars are painted above in two arcing rows. The top contains eighteen stars, and the bottom row contains seventeen stars. Below the eagle is painted a ribbon with the regimental designation “TWELFTH MIICH. VET. REGIMENT, INFANTRY.” The flag is very intact. A gold-colored fringe is attached at the top, bottom, and fly edge of the flag. The hoist end was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 90.25” by 1.5”, 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 “12th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 147” blue and white twisted silk cord with two 2” blue and white tassels. The tassels are formed over a wooden core. One of the tassels has started to unravel.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
December 15, 1995 - Keith Harrison
12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-43-90: Silk regimental ▪ Dimensions: 72”x 75” ▪ Fringe
Description:
This silk regimental flag is very shredded and fragmentary. The little that remains indicates that the flag was painted with an eagle in the center and two arcing lines of stars above the eagle. Portions of twenty-nine stars remain. A ribbon with the regimental designated was painted below, but all that can be read is “t MIC”. A gold-colored fringe is attached on the top, bottom, and fly end of the flag, but a portion is missing on the top near the hoist edge. The hoist edge was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 94.5” by 1.25”, and is broken off at the top. There is no 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 “12th Mich. Infantry”.
No tassels or cords remain.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-56-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 72”x 75”
Description:
This silk national flag is quite fragmentary. Only 29 stars remain in the canton and most of the fly end missing. On the third white stripe, the word Michigan was embroidered in red, but most of the word is missing. On the fourth red stripe, embroidered in white is a regimental motto. What remains reads, ““expects every Man to”. The flag is also painted with battle honors, though the honors on the white stripes are missing where the paint has made the silk brittle and it has fallen away. What remains of the third red stripe reads “SHILO”. The void in the fourth white stripe reads “FORT -MATAMOR-“. The fifth red stripe reads “MIDDLEBURG.”. The void in the fifth white stripe reads “SIEGE OF VICKS-“. What remains of the sixth red stripe reads “LITTLE RO-“. A blue piece of material was fashioned into a pole sleeve, however this appears to have have been done during conservation efforts in the 1960’s.
The staff, which measures 86.5” by 1.25”, and 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 “12th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 150” blue and white twisted silk cord with two 2.5” tassels.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption:
May 19, 2015 - Civil War Roundtable of Southeast Michigan
12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
SC-57-90: Silk national ▪ Dimensions: 74.75”x 75.25” ▪ Silk Fringe: 2”
Description:
This 35-star silk national flag has stars arranged in two concentric circles with ten stars in the inner circle, twenty, stars in the outer circle, one star in the center, and one in each corner. Battle honors are painted on the flag, each in a different style. The second white stripe reads “SHILOH”. The third red stripe reads “IUKA.”. The third white stripe reads “MATAMORA.” The fourth red stripe reads “MIDDLEBURG.”. The fourth white stripe reads “SIEGE OF VICKSBURG”. The fifth red stripe reads “LITTLE ROCK.”. There is loss in the silk along the fly edge. A gold-colored fringe is attached at the top, bottom, and fly edge of the flag. The hoist end was fashioned into a sleeve for attachment to the staff.
The staff, which measures 89.5” by 1.25” and is topped with a spade shape 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 “12th Mich. Infantry”.
The flag has a 134” blue and white twisted silk cord with two blue and white tassels measuring 1.5”. The tassels were formed over a wooden core.
The flag was netted (sewn between layers of dyed net) in the 1960s in an early attempt at conservation.
Adoption: