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Description

Red guidon or flag of Battery F, 110 Field Artillery Regiment, ca. 1917. It features a stitched "F", crossed cannons, and "110". The 110th Field Artillery Regiment, Maryland National Guard, was originally established as a Light Artillery Battery in Baltimore, Maryland on December 29, 1915. They expanded in spring 1917 following U.S. entry into World War I. On August 5, the unit formally entered Federal service and joined the 29th Infantry Division for training camp in Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama. They did not arrive in France until June 1918 and saw a few weeks of action against the Germans during the Muese-Argonne Offensive to end the war. The 110th went home to Maryland in May 1919. This flag, along with another flag on pole (K.77), and a pair of dog tags, was donated by the widow of Private First Class Charles MacGill James (1897-1982), who joined the 110th on April 9, 1917 and served with the unit through the war.

Creator

Date

circa 1917-1918

Materials

Silk

Object ID

K.76

Resource ID

3788

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. MacGill James

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.