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The canton was dark blue, 38.75" on the staff by 38.5" on the fly. Made of cotton.

Eleven 5-pointed stars, each 2.5" in diameter, set in a circle, 23.5" in diameter, painted.

Field was three horizontal bars: red, white & red.

Material: red is cotton, white is cotton flannel.

The unit designation, 31st GEORGIA REGT., was painted in gold Roman uncial letters, 4" high, inclusive of a black shadow, low and to the left on the numbers and low and to the right on the letters, across the white central bar.

"31st" is painted on a white cotton rectangle, 5"x 5.75", sewn over the original number, "27th", which was painted directly on the white central bar.

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Greg C. White
author, "A History of the 31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry"