 In February 1868, the ladies of Baltimore presented a blue and gold silk flag which they had embroidered by hand.This flag had been started before the war and was concealed during the occupation of the city by Federal troops, and the work upon it completed after the return to peace.The distinctive grey full dress uniform of the regiment, patterned after uniforms worn by several of the constituent companies before the war, as far back as 1812, was adopted at this period.