The 190 streamers attached to the Army Flag staff denote campaigns ... service in that particular war. The concept of campaign streamers came to prominence in the Civil War when Army organizations ...

Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War.

After the Civil War, the flag saw limited (and quite appropriate ... Civil War can be complete without noting how vicious the Union army could be, and how destructive its strategy toward the ...

Over three days, Union ... of the US Civil War. In the wake of the mass shooting of black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, a movement emerged to try to get the flag removed ...