To serve in a unit's color guard was an honor and the man chosen to be color bearer had the most dangerous position in the regiment. The flags were held with such high esteem that many men fell in battle trying to keep the unit's colors flying. Discuss with your students the importance of the flags to the Civil War soldier. Have the students color the flags on the activity sheet. You may want your students to construct flags out of cloth.
Older students can research stories about the valor of the color bearers.
Your class may wish to design their own flag, or a flag for their field trip to the park.