DescriptionNational color of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry and the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry.jpg
English: 51st Infantry, National Color, 1861 Presentation. Most of the soldiers in the 51st were prior members of the 4th PA three-month volunteers. The 4th PA received the first national color on April 20, 1861 from Judge Daniel G. Smyser of Norristown and it was then used by the 51st.The flag was carried until after the Battle of Antietam.
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