Patriots Week Civil War Flags Unveiling

Watch the unveiling of five flags from the Civil War Flag Collection of New Jersey.

Flag historian David Martin and Curator of Cultural History Nicholas Ciotola will provide the history of each flag as they’re unveiled. This rotation features the storied flag of the Second New Jersey Infantry Regiment. At the 1862 Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Corporal James Marshall draped this very flag around his body to protect it from the enemy while fighting off the numerically-superior force that threatened to surround him. Despite his efforts, the Confederates captured the flag and displayed it in Richmond as a war relic. After the war, New Jersey Adjutant General William S. Stryker learned of the flag and coordinated its return to the state.