Two flags from an Army regiment that trained in Richmond during the Civil War have returned home for the 150th anniversary of the war’s end. Skip to content. WANE 15.

SOUTH PORTLAND — A Civil War flag that was carried by a Maine regiment into battles in Louisiana and Texas and later passed down by a family in Colorado completed a 156-year journey through ...

In tribute to the regiment’s “gallant conduct” at Fort Gregg, Union Maj. Gen. John Gibbon presented a bronze eagle finial to the 10 t h Connecticut to top their well-baptized flag.

The Spartan Regiment flag came to be in the possession of Col. Thomas Brandon, who passed it down to down to his children, and it remained in the family for more than 200 years.

The Spartan Regiment flag came to be in the possession of Col. Thomas Brandon, who passed it down to down to his children, and it remained in the family for more than 200 years.

SOUTH PORTLAND — A Civil War flag that was carried by a Maine regiment into battles in Louisiana and Texas and later passed down by a family in Colorado completed a 156-year journey through ...