I didn’t realize that they had the ability to take color photo’s in 1868 but I have seen prints that had been painted, interesting.
Why did the 7th Cavalry have a yellow field standard when the other cavalry regiments had the blue standard? The Army’s General Orders changed the field color from blue to yellow in 1887.
Why did Mrs. Custer make a standard for the General with a blue field? It was sold at auction a few years back. A few years later the Guidon she made was also sold at auction.
The living can make the died appear to do anything.
Happy Trails!
Tom Martin