Category:14th Infantry Regiment Heraldry
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Coat of Arms
[edit]Blazon
[edit]- Shield: Per fess Azure and Argent, two arrows chevronwise point to point counterchanged between in chief a cross patée of the last and in base a spreading palm Vert debruised by a castle Or.
- Crest: On a wreath of the colors an imperial Chinese dragon affronté Or scaled and finned Azure incensed and armed Gules.
- Motto: THE RIGHT OF THE LINE.
Symbolism
[edit]- Shield:
- The regiment was organized in 1861 and played a notable part in all the Virginia Campaigns from the Siege of Yorktown in 1862 to October 1864.
- It was in Sykes' regular division of the 5th Corps of the Army of the Potomac whose badge was a white cross patée.
- At Gaines Hill and Malvern Hill the division commander praised the regiment and the brigade commended it at Second Manassas.
- It performed a most difficult service at Antietam, was in the repulse of the crucial attack of the enemy at Gettysburg and made a most gallant charge at the Wilderness.
- In later years the regiment took part in two Indian Campaigns indicated by the two arrows and detachments were in two others but not in sufficient strength to entitle the regiment as a whole to participation.
- It was at the capture of Manila in the Spanish War indicated by the castle, and in the fighting around the same city in 1899 indicated by the palm, and in the China Relief Expedition as shown by the dragon.
- Motto: The motto is the much prized remark made by General Meade directing the station of the regiment in the Review just after the Civil War.
Background
[edit]- The coat of arms was originally approved on 1922-12-21.
Distinctive Unit Insignia
[edit]Description
[edit]- A gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure in fess two crosses moline Agent in base a wigwam of the like, on a chief embattled Or a sea lion Gules holding in dexter paw a sword of the like.
Symbolism
[edit]- The field is blue for Infantry.
- This regiment took part in the Civil War, its great achievement was its first engagement at Gaines' Mills, Virginia, 1862-06-27 and 1862-06-28, where its loss was almost 50%.
- This is shown by the moline crosses which represent the iron fastening of a mill stone and the pair recall the crushing losses sustained.
- The wigwam with its five poles is for the five Indian Campaigns in which portions of the regiment took part.
- The chief is for the Spanish and Philippine Wars, yellow and red being the Spanish colors, red and blue the Katipunan colors; the embattled partition line is for the capture of the blockhouse at El Caney; the sea lion is from the arms of the Philippine Islands.
- The crest in the Spanish colors is to commemorate the capture of a Spanish flag at El Caney.
Background
[edit]- The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 1923-06-20.
- It was amended to change the blazon of the shield on 1965-10-12.
Flag
[edit]Description
[edit]- Size:
- Hoist: Three Feet.
- Fly: Four Feet.
- Organizational colors:
- Background: National flag blue
- Fringe: Yellow.
- Letters and Numbers: National Flag Blue
- Scrolls: Yellow
- Arms:
- The flag has a solid background with an embroidered American eagle displayed centered thereon, in Proper Colors.
- In its right talon the eagle holds an olive branch; in its left talon, a bundle of 13 arrows, all in proper colors.
- Its beak grasps a scroll inscribed with the unit motto.
- Below the eagle is a scroll inscribed with the designation of the organization.
- On the eagle’s breast is embroidered the shield of the coat of arms and the crest is above the eagle’s head.
Media in category "14th Infantry Regiment Heraldry"
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Categories:
- Infantry Unit heraldry of the United States Army
- Heraldry of the Union Army
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Peninsula Campaign, 17 March-3 August 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Manassas/Second Manassas Campaign, 7 August-2 September 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Antietam/Sharpsburg Campaign, 3-17 September 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Fredericksburg Campaign, 9 November-15 December 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Chancellorsville Campaign, 27 April-6 May 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Gettysburg Campaign, 29 June-3 July 1863
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Wilderness Campaign, 4-7 May 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Spotsylvania Campaign, 8-21 May 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Cold Harbor Campaign, 22 May-3 June 1864
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Petersburg Campaign, 4 June 1864-2 April 1865
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Virginia Campaign, 1862
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Virginia Campaign, 1863
- Unit Heraldry of the American Indian Wars
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Bannocks Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the LITTLE BIG HORN 1876 - 1877 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Arizona 1866 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the Wyoming 1874 Campaign
- Heraldry of US units that served in the Spanish-American War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the MANILA 1898 Campaign
- Heraldry of US Army units that served in the Philippine Insurrection
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the MANILA 1899 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the LAGUNA DE BAY 1899 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the ZAPOTE RIVER 1899 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CAVITE 1899-1900 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the LUZON 1899 Campaign
- Heraldry of US Army units that served in the China Relief Expedition
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the YANG-TSUN 1900 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the PEKING 1900 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Second World War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater RHINELAND 1944-1945 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater CENTRAL EUROPE 1945 Campaign
- Unit heraldry of the Korean War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the KOREA SUMMER-FALL 1952 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SECOND KOREAN WINTER 1951-1952 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the THIRD KOREAN WINTER 1952-1953 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the KOREA SUMMER 1953 Campaign
- Unit Heraldry of the Vietnam War
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1965-1966 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE II 1966-1967 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE III 1967-1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE IV 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE V 1968 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VI, 1968-1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the TET 69/COUNTEROFFENSIVE, 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM SUMMER-FALL 1969 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM WINTER-SPRING 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the SANCTUARY COUNTEROFFENSIVE 1970 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE VII, 1970-1971 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CONSOLIDATION I 1971 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the CONSOLIDATION II 1971-1972 Campaign
- The Heraldry of Units that served at the VIETNAM CEASE-FIRE 1972-1973 Campaign
- 14th Infantry Regiment (United States)