These photographs of the first and second State Colors presented to the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and carried by them in battle, are used by permission of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee.*

Below are the first Colors presented to the 79th Pennsylvania at Allegheny City, on October 17, 1861, by Governor Andrew Curtin.** 

Below are the second Colors, presented to the regiment in the field during May of 1865.**  This lists the Battle Honors of the Regiment, updated after the war.  (The spellings were often phonetic.)  The "P.V.V" indicates "Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers", an honor added when the Regiment re-enlisted en masse in 1864. 

The Battle Honors of the 79th Pennsylvania include: Sweedens Cove, Chattanooga, Chaplin Hills, Jefferson Pike, Stone(s) River, Hoovers Gap, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge (Missionary Ridge), Buzzards Roost, Rocky Face Ridge, Resacca, Kennesaw Mt, Marietta, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Averysboro, Bentonville, Raleigh.

Notes

*The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee has done a superb job of preserving and protecting the battleflags carried into wars by the citizen-soldiers of Pennsylvania.  Additionally, they help preserve and maintain one of the most beautiful buildings in North America, the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg.  Any vistors to the Central Pennsylvania area should make sure they include a tour of this fascinating and wonderful building in their plans. 

**Information gathered from a remarkable resource:

Advance the Colors, Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags Vol. I, by Richard A. Sauers and the Capitol Preservation Committee.  1987.  ISBN 0-8182-0090-1.  

This book, and its companion second volume are available for sale at the Capitol Building or through the website of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee:

http://cpc.state.pa.us/main/cpcweb/shopping.html

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