| 97th Pennsylvania Infantry | |
|---|---|
 State flag of Pennsylvania, c. 1863 | |
| Active | August 22, 1861 – September 4, 1865 |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Size | 2,004 |
| Engagements | American Civil War:
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The 97th Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union infantry regiment which fought in multiple key engagements of the American Civil War, including the Siege of Fort Pulaski, Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Battle of Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and the Carolinas Campaign.[1][2]
Following this organization's muster-in during late August 1861, its leaders were presented the regiment's First State Color on November 4 by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin. Manufactured by Horstmann Brothers and Company, this flag was initially carried by the regiment's first color-bearer, Sergeant John D. Beaver.[3]
- ^ Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature, Vol. III, pp. 411-462. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly State Printer, 1870.
- ^ *Price, Isaiah. History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, During the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65. Philadelphia: Self-published, 1875.
- ^ "97th Infantry", in "Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, retrieved online September 10, 2018.