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Michigan Flags of the Civil War
Flags of Michigan
It appears that, on the 22d of February, 1837, Stevens T. Mason, first Governor of Michigan, presented to the "Brady Guard" of Detroit, then in command of Captain Isaac S. Rowland, a flag, now in possession of the State, having on one side the devices and inscriptions on the seal of the State, with a Brady Guard and lady, and on the reverse his own portrait. This was without doubt the first flag- bearing the State coat of arms, and was carried by the first uniformed company of militia in the State, having been organized April 13th, 1836, and was called into the service of the United States in the winter of 1837, as a frontier guard, during what is known as the " Patriot war, " a very feeble and limited attempt at a Canadian revolution.
From that time forth, numerous flags and banners had been in use, on which were placed the State arms, with various designs and emblems, but not until 1865 had there been adopted an official flag of the State.
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