The flag, which lists all of the OAC alumni who served with the 2nd Regiment, Oregon Volunteer Infantry, was presented to Oregon State by alumnus John H. Gallagher (Class of 1900) in 1949. Gallagher served in Co. A., 2nd Regiment of the Oregon Volunteer Infantry. Private E.C. Young was the only OAC alumnus who died as a result of the battle.
Born in Portland, Oregon, in August of 1887, Samuel H. Graf entered the Oregon Agricultural College in 1903 to study engineering. He received five engineering degrees from the college - B.S., Electrical Engineering (1907); E.E., Electrical Engineering (1908); B.S., Mechanical Engineering (1908); M.E., Mechanical Engineering (1909); and M.S., Electrical Engineering (1909). Between 1909 and 1954 Graf held several faculty positions in engineering at Oregon State. From 1909-1912 he was an instructor in mechanical engineering; from 1912-1920 he was the head of experimental engineering; head of the Department of Mechanics and Materials (1920-1934) and of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1934-1954); director of engineering research (1928-1944); and director of the Engineering Experiment Station (1944-1954).