Much of the data
found on this site is based on flag specifications, publications,
research of United States & Confederate States of America
Government publications, archives and museums, preserved in the
files of the Catawba Vexillologist, established and managed by
Piedmont Flag Company. Further valuable information has been extracted
from hundreds of articles published in vexillological books and
journals.
The following
are important sources of vexillological knowledge and contain
information on the particular flags on this web site. The publications
are listed in no particular order, all are important sources of
vexillological information:
Standards and
Colors of the American Revolution, 1982 Edward W. Richardson.
History of the
Flag of the United States of America, 1880 GEO. Henry Preble
Our Country A
Household History, 1877 Benson J. Lossing, LL.D.
Official Records
of the Union And Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion,
1894 \ 1927 The Hon. Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy
The War of the
Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union
and Confederate Armies, 1881 \ 1901 United States War Department,
Washington Printing Office
Civil War Journal,
The Legacies, 1999 Rutledge Hill Press
The Flag Book
of the United States, 1970, Whitney Smith
The Flag of the
United States, 1942, Milo Milton Quaife
The Army of the
American Revolution and its Organizer, 1923, R. Cronau
The Cherokee,
1949, Theda Perdue
North Carolina
During Reconstruction, 1969, Richard L. Zuber
The National
Geographic Magazine, 1917, 1934,1946, 1949,1951
Military Flags
of the World, 1618-1900, Terence Wise 1977
Battle Flag Day
August 10, 1894, report of the Battle Flag Committee, Iowa Battle
Flags 1896
Flags of the
Confederacy, 1993, Earl P. Williams, Jr.
The Flag Book,
1957, Preben Kannik
Flags of the
World Past and Present, 1915, W.J. Gordon
Flags at Sea,
1986, Timothy Wilson
Standards, Guidons
and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces, 1953, Major T. J. Edwards
United States
Army Heraldic Crests, 1993, Barry Jason Stein
Under the Black
Flag, 1995, David Cordingly
Confederate Indian
Forces Outside of Indian Territory, 1969, Oklahoma Historical
Society
A Manual of Military
Surgery, 1861, J.Julian Chisolm,MD
The Encyclopedia
of Military History, 1970, R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy
The Damned Red
Flags of the Rebellion, 1997, Richard Rollins
Flags of the
Native Peoples of the United States, 1996-1997,Donald T. Healy
The Flags of
the Iron Brigade, 1997, Howard Michael Madaus and Richard H. Zeitlin
Flags of the
Civil War, 2000, Philip Katcher
The Returned
Battle Flags, 1905, Confederate Veterans Reunion, compliments
of the Passenger Department Cotton Belt Route
Long May it Wave,
1998, Dr. Whitney Smith
Rebel Flags Afloat,
1986, H. Michael Madaus
The Battle Flags
of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, 1976, Howard Michael Madaus
Emblems of Southern
Valor, 1990, Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
Advance the Colors,
1987, Richard A Sauers
Brothers In Arms,
1995, William C. Davis
Battle Flags
of Texas in the Confederacy, 1995, Alan K. Sumrall
Men of Color,
1993, William A. Gladstone
The Flags of
Civil War Alabama, 2001, Glen Dedmondt
The Flags of
the Union, 1994, Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr.
The Flags of
Civil War South Carolina, 2000, Glenn Dedmondt
The Flags of
the Confederacy, 1994, Devereaux D Cannon, Jr.
The World Encyclopedia
of Flags, 1999, Alfred Znamierowski
The Stars and
the Stripes, 1973, Boleslaw And Marie-Louise D'Otrange Mastai
Flags, 1992,
Kent Alexander, Dr. Whitney Smith
Flags of the
World, 1995, PRC Publishing Ltd
A History of
Irish Flags, 1979, G A Hayes-McCoy
Flag, 1989, William
Crampton
Mexican-American
War 1846-48, 1997, Ron Field
The Mexican War,
1978, David Nevin
Flags and Arms
across the World, 1980, Whitney Smith
Flag Lore of
all Nations, 2001, Whitney Smith, Ph.D.
Flags Through
The Ages and Across The World, 1975, Dr. Whitney Smith
The Colors of
the United States Army, 1789-1912, Gherardi Davis, 1912
Two Wars, The
Confederate Veteran, 1901 General Samuel French
Scottish Clan
& Family Encyclopedia, 1994, George Way of Plean and Romilly
Squire
Other data gathered
from the following institutions and collections, private and public:
American Revolution
and War of 1812
Albany Institute
of History and art
Alexandria-Washington
Masonic Lodge
Bennington Museum
Chicago Historical
Society
Christie's of
London, England
Connecticut Historical
Society & State Library
Delaware Art
Museum
Delaware Historical
Society
Harvard University
Pennsylvania
Historical Society
Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Maryland Historical
Society
Massachusetts
Historical Society
New Hampshire
Historical Society
New York Historical
Society
North Carolina
Archives
Rhode Island
Historical Society
Valley Forge
Historical Society
West Point Military
Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Yale University
Mexican-American
War
National Archives
Library of Congress
New York State
Archives
Duke University
Wisconsin State
Historical Society
Mississippi State
Archives And History
North Carolina
State Archives
War of Northern
Aggression 1861-65
Confederate Military
History, Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, Clement A. Evans
Foreigners in
the Confederacy, 1940, Ella Lonn
North Carolina
Department of History And Archives
National Archives
Connecticut Historical
Society
Georgia Historical
Society
Confederate Memorial
Hall, Louisiana
Mississippi State
Historical Society
New York State
Museum
North Carolina
Museum of History
Gettysburg National
Military Museum
Confederate Relic
Room And Museum, South Carolina
Museum of the
Confederacy, Virginia
National Museum
of American History, Washington, D.C.
The National
Park Service and State Archives of the State of Florida, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware,
New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut.
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