Professor Roger Rosentreter Adopts Three Flags
Professor Roger Rosentreter of Michigan State University adopted three flags from the Capitol battle flag collection in December, 2025.
Dr. Rosentreter adopted both the national (SC-103-90) and the regimental (SC-113-90) carried by the 29th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The 29th formed in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District and left Saginaw for the field in October of 1864 and found itself under attack the very day it arrived in Decatur, Alabama. For green troops, the 29th fought well and was later assigned the dangerous task of guarding railroads. Although the 29th entered the war late, their hard-won battle honors were proudly placed on their flag.
A flag of the 27th Infantry (SC-101-90) was also adopted by Dr. Rosentreter, fulfilling his desire that his donation honor flags that had not been previously adopted and flags that needed to be appropriately honored.
The 27th Michigan formed in April of 1863 and included three companies from “the Lake Superior Counties” composed of men from the northern lower and upper peninsula. They saw extensive action in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia in the Overland campaign with service in the trenches and numerous battles surrounding Petersburg, Virginia.
Our sincere thanks to Dr. Rosentreter for his generosity and great support and for garnering needed attention to these flags and the regiments that carried them.
(left) 29th Michigan Infantry Regiment, National Flag. (center) 29th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Regimental Flag. (right) 27th Michigan Infantry Regiment, National Flag.