Guidon of the 16th Independent Battery, O.V.V.L.A.   Save
Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual Collection
Description: This is a guidon of the 16th Independent Battery, Ohio Veteran Volunteer Light Artillery. The text on flag reads: 16th Ohio Batter[y] Port Gibson, [?] Vicksburg [?]. This unit was engaged in the Battle of Port Gibson in Mississippi and in the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. A guidon, usually a swallowtail flag, is carried by an artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01825
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual Collection