color sergeant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of color sergeant
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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And they appointed Mrs. Samuel Bloomer, widow of the Company's color sergeant to be custodian of their battle flag.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remembered suddenly the day Jackson had come upon some of his troops letting a valiant Yankee color sergeant withdraw after a great fight.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Two d’ys arfter ’e comes crawlin’ back through No Man’s Land and the color sergeant arsks ’im did ’e carry out ’is resolootion.
From Tom Slade on a Transport by Clarity, Thomas
He was color sergeant of his regiment and fell in a charge upon the breastworks of a fort about a year after his enlistment.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert
Then it was reverently furled, and the color sergeant, with the guard, started toward the Colonel's quarters, all whom they passed making way for them and saluting the furled colors.
From Betty at Fort Blizzard by Seawell, Molly Elliot
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