Sgt. Samuel J. Churchill, Camp 4, Sons of Union Veterans

08/03/2026

Interesting cost comparison to today.

07/23/2026

Interesting video about Army compensation during the Civil War.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/153942931?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=android_share

07/10/2026

Several Camp #4 brothers attended the SAR flag retirement ceremony at Broken Arrow Park in Lawrence on the evening of July 8th. This included a reading of The Declaration of Independence by several in attendance.

07/04/2026

07/02/2026

06/26/2026

“Custer’s Last Flag.”

The Culbertson Guidon, the only flag flown by George A. Custer’s battalion at Little Bighorn not to have been captured by Native combatants.

Retrieved from the battlefield by Sergeant Ferdinand A. Culbertson, a member of the burial party in 1876. The guidon was discovered under the body of Corporal John Foley of Captain Tom Custer’s Company C.

The Culbertson Guidon remained in private ownership until 1895 when it was sold for $54 to the Detroit Museum of Art. The museum sold the flag at Sotheby’s in 2010 for $2.2 million.

Sources:

🔹 Custer's last flag: Banner carried at Little Bighorn sells for $2.2M http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/12/10/new.york.custer.flag/index.html

🔹Custer’s Last Flag: The Culbertson Guidon from the Battle of the Little Bighorn https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/custer39s-last-flag-the-culbertson-guidon-from-the-battle-of-the-little-bighorn-n08705/lot.5001.html

🔹Guarding Custer’s Guidon https://truewestmagazine.com/article/guarding-custers-guidon/