97th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

97th Pennsylvania Infantry
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: Battle of Secessionville; Second Battle of Fort Wagner; Second Battle of Charleston Harbor; Bermuda Hundred Campaign; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Battle of the Crater; Second Battle of Deep Bottom; Battle of Chaffin's Farm; Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road; First Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of Fort Fisher; Carolinas Campaign; Battle of Wilmington;

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.

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.

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