Chapter 215: of the Laws of 1863, published April 10th 1863,

provided in part as follows:

“Whenever the state flags of the regiments in the service of
the United States, from this state, shall have become so far
worn and damaged by service that it is deemed necessary to
replace them, and the officers commanding any of the said
regiments shall inform the governor of such fact, and make
requisition for new flags, the governor is hereby authorized
to cause to be furnished to such regiments new flags; the
state flag to be of the design, plan and material as adopted
by this legislature, by joint resolution No. 44, Senate; and
one of the said flags shall be inscribed with the names of
the battles in which such regiments shall have taken an
honorable part.”

I do not find that there was a joint resolution No. 44 of
that year. Resolution No. 4, however, is evidently the one
referred to and that provides as follows:

“Resolved, by the senate, the assembly concurring, that the
following be and is hereby adopted as the design for a state
flag for the state of Wisconsin:

“State Flag.--To be of dark blue silk, with the arms of the
State of Wisconsin painted or embroidered in silk on the
obverse side, and the arms of the United States, as
prescribed in paragraph 1435 of ‘new army regulations,’
painted or embroidered in silk on the reverse side; the name
of the regiment, when used as a regimental flag, to be in a
scroll beneath the state arms.

“The size of the regiment colors to be six feet, six inches
fly, and six feet deep on the pike; the length of pike for
said colors, including spear and ferrule, to be nine feet,
ten inches; the fringe yellow, cords and tassels blue and
white silk intermixed.”

This resolution was approved March 25, 1863.