Connecticut Colonial/Revolutionary War Flags (U.S.)

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• 2nd Connecticut Regiment
• Colonial Privateer
• Independent Company of Newburyport
• Webb's Continental Regiment

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• Connecticut
• Colonial and Revolutionary War Flags
• U.S. Historical flags

by Randy Young, 29 January 2001

Source: "Flags to Color from the American Revolution."

This flag belongs to the Second Connecticut Regiment. The flag is described in the book as "Red field, yellow scrolls, fringe and outer edge of shield, blue inner edge of shield and ribbon above shield. Grapes are purple, leaves green and ground brown." There is also a little narrative of the flag and its regiment:

"This flag was probably used after 1775, when the Connecticut General Assembly ordered eight regiments to be raised, and before 1777, when the Continental Line was organized. The three grape vines on the shield, the arms of Connecticut, represent the three original settlements of the colony; Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield. The motto is abbreviated from Qui Transtulit Sustinet, 'He who brought us here will take care of us.'"

by Randy Young, 30 January 2001

Source: "Flags to Color from the American Revolution."

This flag is found on the very first page of the book, and is listed as simply "A Connecticut Privateer Flag." The flag is described as "Blue field, white canton, purple grapes." The grape vine in the canton comes from the Connecticut coat of arms.

by Randy Young, 1 February 2001

Source: "Flags to Color from the American Revolution."

This flag is found on page 23 of the book, and is listed as "Flag of the Independent Company of Newburyport." The colors are listed as "Green field and tree, blue canton, silver mailed hands and chain."

"Thirteen mailed hands holding an endless chain of thirteen links was symbolic of unity and strength. A similar device, a mailed hand grasping thirteen arrows, was used by privateers and the First New York Regiment."

by Randy Young, 1 February 2001

Source: "Flags to Color from the American Revolution."

This flag is found on page 14 of the book, and is listed as "Flag of Webb's Continental Regiment, Continental Line." The flag's colors are described as "Yellow field, green wreath, red ribbon, silver sword, black I." And the narrative of the flag is simply

"This little guidon may once have belonged to the First (I) Company of an additional Continental Regiment of Foot raised in 1777 by Col. S.B. Webb of Connecticut."