The 22nd United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops, which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.

2021年6月22日 · The 22nd Regiment United States Colored Troops (USCT) may have one of the most recognizable flags of the Civil War. The flag depicts a Confederate officer, a “gentleman,” cornered by a member of the 22nd and throwing down his sword and reaching for the white flag of surrender, perhaps too late.

Sic semper tyrannis - 22th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops; Summary Regimental flag depicting African American soldier bayoneting a fallen Confederate soldier. Names Bowser, David Bustill, 1820-1900, artist Created / Published

2015年12月1日 · The 22 nd ’s flag is unique in that it displays an African American bayonetting a white Confederate without mercy. Pro-slavery campaigners employed images willfully endorsing white racist fantasies of uncontrolled black masculinity to heighten fears of …

Currently the 2nd Battalion is active, with the regimental colors residing at Fort Drum, New York. [1][2] The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions have been inactivated. [3] Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment. [4] . Organized 15 May 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio.

2011年5月3日 · This is the regimental flag for the 22nd United States Colored Infantry (USCI) of the US Colored Troops. The motto at the top of the flag is “Sic semper tyrannis,” a Latin phrase meaning “thus always to tyrants,” and sometimes translated as “death to …

The “22nd” was active in the heavy siege operations beginning in June, I864, and ending with the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, fighting in many notable battles incident to that period of the war. It was honored by selection as one of the first Union regiments sent into Richmond.

The 22nd U.S. Colored Infantry was organized at Camp William Penn near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning January 10, 1864 for three-year service and mustered under the command of Colonel Joseph Barr Kiddoo. Over 600 men in the regiment were from New Jersey.

Summary: Regimental flag depicting African American soldier bayoneting a fallen Confederate soldier. Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 132, surrogate p. 33 (lower right - missing).

2016年2月4日 · What can a flag tell us about the people who marched behind it? We recently rediscovered these regimental flags from the Library’s online collections and were struck by the vivid imagery and mottoes. We did a little research on the flags – and the artist behind them – and decided to highlight them during African American History Month in February.