Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, A Captured Souvenir

On temporary display at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines is the Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa exhibit. This exhibit shows battle flags from Iowa's past infantry regiments, Calvary units and cannon battery's who fought in the American Civil War. The exhibit also shows one of the earliest state flags and an early engineers flag.

Battle Flag of 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment:

Previous articles in the series:
State Historical Museum of Iowa: Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, Introduction
State Historical Museum of Iowa: Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, Heroes at Hatchie's Bridge, Mississippi
State Historical Museum of Iowa: Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, Service Across the South
Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, Iowa's First Civil War Gunners
Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, Participants in the Grand Review March in Washington, D.C.
Battle Flag Hall, Flags in the Collection at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, A Wounded Soldier's Keepsake