Printed cotton flag meas. approx. 12.00 inches on the hoist x 17.00 inches on the fly. The surface has some light dirt from age and storage and the second stripe from the top has a small ink stain about 0.50 inch across. One side of the flag has a black ink stencil that reads “JOHN D. BERTOLETTE POST NO. 484 G.A.R.” Stencil was put on slightly crooked. There are two very thin horizontal lines running above and below the Post designation. This was caused by ink getting on the edges of the stencil. Attached to the flag above the inked inscription is an oval engraving of General Phil Kearney. This was cut from a Civil War period CDV and glued to the flag. Next to this is a CDV sized photo of a statue of a Civil War soldier holding a flag and next to that is a oval bust view image of a soldier. Again, this was taken from a Civil War period CDV. It is not known if the soldier is the veteran who owned the flag or a photo of the soldier the Post was named after.

John D. Bertolette was commissioned April 21, 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, May 1, 1861 and mustered out with the Regiment July 28, 1861. He re-enlisted August 20, 1861, as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry and served with his regiment until April 23rd, 1862, when he was appointed Acting Assistant Adjutant General on General James Nagle's staff. At the time Nagle commanded the First Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of North Carolina. On the September 25, 1862, Bertolette was appointed by President Lincoln as Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. He was promoted Major by brevet on December 2, 1864 for gallant and distinguished services at the battles of Poplar Grove Church, Hatcher's Run, and during the campaign before Richmond, Va. On March 25, 1865 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by brevet for gallantry and distinguished services at Fort Steadman, and to Colonel by brevet on April 2, 1865 for gallant and meritorious services in the assault upon the enemy's lines in front of Fort Sedgwick.

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