color-sergeant

Up Kettle Hill Sergeant George Berry, of the Tenth, bore not only his own regimental colors but those of the Third, the color-sergeant of the Third having been shot down; he kept shouting, "Dress on the colors, boys, dress on the colors!" as he followed Captain Ayres, who was running in advance of his men, shouting and waving his hat.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

One of their number, Henry Bardshar, a huge Arizona miner, immediately attached himself to me as my orderly, and from that moment he was closer to me, not only in the fight, but throughout the rest of the campaign, than any other man, not even excepting the color-sergeant, Wright.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

Among the men who showed marked courage and coolness was the tall color-sergeant, Wright; the colors were shot through three times.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

One afternoon, to my genuine surprise, I was asked out of my tent by Lieutenant-Colonel Brodie (the gallant old boy had rejoined us), and found the whole regiment formed in hollow square, with the officers and color-sergeant in the middle.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

This was managed by Sergeant Prince Rivers, our color-sergeant, who is provost-sergeant also, and has entire charge of the prisoners and of the daily policing of the camp.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various

The colors of the First Louisiana, torn and shivered in that fearful hail of fire, were still borne forward in front of the works by the color-sergeant, until a shell from the enemy cut the flag in two and gave the sergeant his mortal wound.

The Colored Regulars in the United States Army T. G. Steward

The color-sergeant of our regiment planted his colors on the works of the enemy, a rod in advance of any officer or man in the regiment.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

The color-sergeant of the Seventy-seventh fell dead; another sergeant seized the flag and fell.

Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens

Here again our color-sergeant was conspicuous in keeping far ahead of the most advanced, hanging on to the side of the hill, till he would turn about and wave the stars and stripes at his advancing comrades; then steadily advancing again, under the fire of the enemy, till he could almost have reached their rifle-pits with his flagstaff.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Planciancois, Anselmas, color-sergeant of the First Louisiana

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams