ALLEN (Col. Edward Jay) & &
SMITH (Dill A.)
To the Flag of the 155th Regiment, Penn'a Vols.
Would to God I had a hundred such!
ALLEN (Col. Edward Jay) & &
SMITH (Dill A.)
To the Flag of the 155th Regiment, Penn'a Vols.
The inscription reads: Miss Jessie Swain from her brother A[bran]. M. Swain Co. “A” 155th P.A. Vols.
Also known as the “Petit-Zouaves,” the 155th claims to fame include holding Little Round Top at Gettysburg and receiving the Flag of Truce when Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. But that was not the extent of their achievments. After the battle at Antietam the 155th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was presented a United States flag by Assistant Adjutant General Thomas on behalf of the State at Sharpsburg, Md.
In the fighting at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia the color guard and its flag suffered heavy damage in a charge on the enemy lines, the staff being shattered with fifteen bullet holes rending the Flag.
The broadside reprints the remarks of Col. Allen concerning the flag and a poem by Dill A. Smith about the Regiment and its battles. General Hooker’s remark about the 155th at Fredericksburg after its charge on the Confederates is also printed “Would to God I had a hundred such!”
