Regiments: 101-150 - PA Civil War Flags Regiments: 101-150

Regiments 101 - 150

143rd Infantry

1985.260 State Color Horstmann Brothers and Company v2p437
143rd Infantry, Second State Color with battle honors. Composed of men from Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Lycoming counties, the 143rd was organized in the summer and fall of 1862, led by Colonel Edmund L. Dana. The regiment received the second state color sometime during or after January 1865. The 143rd was mustered out of service on June 12, 1865.

1985.261 State Color Horstmann Brothers and Company v2p434
143rd Infantry, First State Color. Composed of men from Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Lycoming counties, the 143rd was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and led by Colonel Edmund L. Dana. The regiment received the first state color in November 1862. The 143rd was mustered out of service on June 12, 1865.

1985.262 Regimental Color Evans and Hassall v2p437
143rd Infantry, Regimental Color. Composed of men from Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Lycoming counties, the 143rd was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and led by Colonel Edmund L. Dana. The regimental color was carried at Gettysburg by Corporal Owen Phillips, and he received a promotion to sergeant for his bravery. The flag was retired in the spring of 1864. The 143rd was mustered out of service on June 12, 1865.

1985.263 State Color Unknown v2p437
143rd Infantry, Presented "State" Color. Composed of men from Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming, and Lycoming counties, the 143rd was organized in the summer and fall of 1862, led by Colonel Edmund L. Dana. This flag, originally labeled a national color, is probably the Wilkes-Barre color presented by a group of Wilkes-Barre ladies in 1865 and carried by Corporal Rogers W. Cox. The 143rd was mustered out of service on June 12, 1865.


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