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Confederate Veteran, Vol. XV, April, 1907.
CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS IN ALBANY, N.Y.
Joel Mann Marlin, of Schenectady, N.Y., wrote to
the Atlanta Constitution of the Confederate flags in the museum of G.A.R.
Memorial Assoc., giving the following list:
Flag of the 5th South Carolina Cavalry, captured
at Trevilian Station, June 11, 1864.
Flag taken from a company of sixty-one so-called
bush-whackers in command of Lieutenant Colonel Wilhite near Syracuse, Mo.,
Oct. 5, 1863. The Confederate colonel was killed and his body wrapped in this
flag, which is stained with his blood.
Flag of steamer Beauford, of C.S.A.
A flag captured at Columbia, S.C.
{other flags mentioned were from other states}
Mr. Mann adds; " I should be
pleased to see a space in the capitol of every State set apart and dedicated
to the preservation of these and similar sacred relics of the Confederacy.
Especially do I desire to see such a collection of hallowed mementoes in the
capitol of my native State , Georgia- not to revive the bitter memories of
sectional animosity and civil strife, but to be a perpetual reminder of the
momentous sacrifice of men and women who were actuated by a sense of real, if
unwise, patriotism !"
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