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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
The arms are inscribed on what is used by the United States troops as the regimental or battalion color, made either of blue, yellow, or scarlet silk, designating the different arms of service, and are carried with the National flag, constituting the colors of a regiment.
The principal figure on the arms is the "National emblem, "—the bald or white-headed eagle, one of the largest of his species, as he is the most beautiful of his tribe, while he is said to renew his age, and to exceed man in his length of days. *
As a bearing in a coat of armor, he is reckoned as honorable among birds, as the lion is among beasts, although Dr. Franklin is said to have protested against adopting him as the emblem of America, saying: "For my part,
One of them is said to have died at Vienna after being in confinement for one hundred and four year.
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