The 7th U.S. Cavalry flag from George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand was being sold by the Detroit Institute of Arts to raise money for growing its Native American arts collection. An un-named ...

On Friday, the swallow-tailed 7th U.S. Cavalry flag, known as a "guidon," is expected to bring up to $5 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. And while Custer's reputation has risen and ...

11 December 2010 • 12:22am Frayed, torn, and with possible bloodstains, the flag had been valued before its sale at up to $5 million Credit: Photo: AFP/GETTY The 7th U.S. Cavalry flag – known ...

A bullet-torn cavalry flag, a forked guidon banner, recovered from the Battle of the Little Bighorn – one of the most ill-fated surprise attacks in military history – will go up for auction ...

The study of flags is known as vexillology, from “vexillum,” a Latin word for a Roman cavalry flag. Although the discipline isn’t new, no one has ever before attempted to display so many ...

Frayed, torn, and with possible bloodstains, the flag had been valued before its sale at up to $5 million. The 7th U.S. Cavalry flag — known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape — had ...

A series of charges were made, in concert with the Sixth New-York Cavalry, on COBB's Legion of Infantry, resulting in the capture of their battle-flag, and from 200 to 800 prisoners. The prisoners ...

One portion of the visit involved viewing a flag Barber helped deliver for a special event. The modest red-and-white cavalry flag that reads "Fort Huachuca Arizona" with a Buffalo Soldier on it ...

Gen. William Maxwell, commanding a Patriot force of infantry and cavalry, ordered the new flag raised in a clash with an advance guard of British and Hessian troops. The rebels were defeated and ...