The Second Regiment Light Dragoons, Tallmadge's Troop
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Regiment's Reproduction Troop Flag

Regimental Flag
This is a photograph of the 2d Dragoon's Regimental Flag.
Regimental Flags are quite often striped and troop flags are usually solid in color.
It was taken at Pound Ridge in 1778 by Banastre Tarleton and kept by his family until 2005.
The flag sold at auction by Sotheby's for $12.7 million dollars on Flag day, 2007
 
The following two flags are troop flags.
 
RedFlag
Blue
Photo of Original Troop Flag
Currently on display at the Smithsonian
(faded from red)
Tallmadge's Troop occasionally carries a reproduction of this flag.
Photo of Original Troop Flag
Currently on display at the Connecticut State Library
(faded from blue)

 

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