Guide to the MOC Flag Collection
Flags are arranged by accession number, with War Department captures toward the end of the document. To search within
this document, select “Find/Search” under “Edit”. States are referenced by postal abbreviation (i.e., “VA” for “Virginia”).
Abbreviation key: ANV=Army of Northern Virginia. AOT=Army of Tennessee. BH=Battle Honors.
UD=Unit Designation. Frag.=Fragmentary. R.=Remaining. *=Identification based on modern research.
Image
Accession
Number
0985.00.008
0985.00.009
Identification and History
Appearance
Unidentified VA Unit,
“Sturdivant’s Battery” or 26th VA
Infantry*.
ANV;
46.5” x 46”
Captured at Battery No. Five,
Petersburg, VA, June 1864 by
Sgt. James R. Morrison, 13th
NH\ Infantry. Given by NH
governor Frank W. Rollins to AL
governor Joseph F. Johnston, in
1900. Donated to Museum in
1915.
Unidentified.
Probably Mobile Depot
manufacture. Said to have been
an artillery unit flag saved from
capture in Nov. 1864 by Capt.
T.B. Shockley, AL Cavalry.
0985.00.024
Headquarters, Gen. Dabney H.
Maury.
Made by ladies of Mobile, AL,
for Gen. Maury’s HQ; used
during siege of Mobile.
0985.00.072
0985.00.109
0985.00.110abc
Miniature.
Given to wife of Col. James
Martin, 10th AL Infantry, while in
camp with husband in
Centreville, VA, 1861.
3rd AL Cavalry, Co. C, “Wilcox
Dragoons”.
First cavalry company organized
from Wilcox County, AL.
Donated by unit color bearer
Sgt. Sam C. Cooke.
29th MO Infantry.
Captured at Ringgold Gap, GA,
Nov. 1863 by a TX Cavalry
regiment.
ANV; no center star; no
border;
47” x 51”
Silk; red field, white
Latin cross; 12 stars;
white border;
21.5” x 29.75”
First National; 7 stars;
10.75” x 15”
Silk; blue field; gold
fringe; large star
outline in paint; oilpainted seal; UD;
motto, “States Rights”;
43” x 55”
U.S. Regimental; silk;
blue field; yellow fringe;
eagle insignia; “E
Pluribus Unum”
painted on both sides;
71” x 76”. Conserved
1999; sponsored by
Pamplin Historical
Park.
n/a
0985.00.111
Alabama
Postwar.
0985.00.112
Memorial Banner, Gainesville,
AL
Headquarters, Edmund Kirby
Smith.
Postwar; silk.
0985.00.113
ANV;
47”x49”
Used as Gen. Smith’s HQ flag
after 1862.
0985.00.122
Miniature.
History unknown.
0985.01.063
1st AR Infantry, Co. G
“Jackson Guards”.
Made by the ladies of
Jacksonport, AR, and presented
to the unit by Mary Thomas
Caldwell, May 1861.
0985.01.064
9th AR Infantry.
0985.01.066
Preserved by color bearer Sgt.
Degan Foley and later given to
Rev. J.M. Lucey, St. Joseph’s
Church, Pine Bluff, AR, who
donated it to the Museum in
1896.
41st GA Infantry.
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Issued to unit in
1864 and believed carried until
its surrender at Greensboro,
NC, April 1865. Found in
Yonkers, NY, by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
and given to the Museum in
1935.
Second National; silk;
“Lake H. Gay, Ala.”
written on field;
3.25” x 5.25”
First National; silk; 9
stars; presentation
inscription painted in
gold;
59” x 110”. Conserved
2003; sponsored by
the Jackson County
Historical Society,
Thackston Family
Foundation, and
Adams Family
Foundation.
Second National; no
edging on cross;
46” x 57”
AOT; 4 stars r.; BH;
31.5” x 41”, losses.
Conserved 2008;
sponsored by Dr.
Martin Tant.
0985.01.071
8th AR Infantry.
Flag of unit prior to consolidation
of 8th and 19th AR Infantry,
Nov. 1863.
Hardee; UD; cannons;
inscription;
56.5” x 58.25”
0985.01.072
Garrison Flag, Mobile, AL.
First National; 7 stars;
stenciled “Vaughan
Maker, 18 Commerce
St. Mobile, Ala” in
black ink on hoist
edge;
109” x 174”
0985.02.0069
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.02.0101
Unidentified Unit; possibly
Kilcrease Light Artillery, FL*
ANV; white sleeve on
hoist border;
29.25” x 33”
0985.02.0156
Probably Charleston Depot
manufacture, on or after April
1863. Probably FL. Found on
grave of Patrick Houstoun,
Tallahassee, FL, 1901.
3rd FL Infantry, Co. D “Wakulla
Guards”.
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of Newport, FL, 1862.
0985.02.0157
0985.02.0158
Marion Light Artillery, FL
Battery.
Made by the Ladies of Orange
Lake Soldiers Association from
a shawl which was part of Mary
Elizabeth (Mrs. J. J.) Dickison’s
bridal clothes. Presented to the
unit at Camp Lankford, FL, April
1862.
3rd FL Infantry, Co. G,
“Madison Grey Eagles”.
Presented 1861 by ladies of
Madison, FL.
First National; nine
stars; UD; remnants of
inscription “Florida”;
36” x 59.5”, losses
N/A; silk; red field and
fringe with gold painted
leather letters and
stars. Obv.: 12 stars in
Latin cross; motto “God
and Our Rights”.
Rev.: UD, inscription,
and date “Dec. 12
1861”;
43” x 41”
First National; 11 stars;
white fringe;
41” x 68”
0985.02.0159
3rd FL Infantry, Co. B
“Florida Independent Blues”.
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of St. Augustine, FL,
1861.
0985.02.0161
0985.02.0162
2nd FL Infantry, Co. G, “St.
John’s Greys”.
Made and presented in 1861 by
sisters of commander, Capt.
James Daniel.
1st Battalion FL Infantry, Co. B,
“St. Augustine Guards”
Postwar FL State Troops unit,
organized 1885.
0985.02.0163
0985.02.0164
Headquarters, Gen. Edmund
Kirby Smith.
Made and presented by ladies
of Lexington, KY, after Battle of
Richmond, KY, Aug. 1862, and
used as Smith’s HQ flag.
1st and 3rd FL Infantry,
combined.
Carried by unit after Sept. 1864.
0985.02.0165
2nd FL Infantry, Co. C,
“Columbia Rifles”.
Presented May 1861 in Lake
City, FL.
N/A; blue field; white
appliqué central seal
with cotton boll design;
7 stars; motto in
appliqué “Any Fate But
Submission”;
45.5” x 70”
First National; silk;
white appliqué; UD;
motto, “Liberty or
Death”;
28.5” x 54.5”
N/A; silk; postwar;
obv: white field,
embroidered laurel
wreath surrounding
motto;
Rev: blue field with
embroidered orange
wreath surrounding a
design of two stone
columns and a gate
leading down a path
(signifies the "City
Gates" and the date
"1565" the city was
settled). Gold metallic
fringe.
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star;
48” x 48”
Rectangular red field;
white cross; blue
edging; white fringe;
cloth appliqué central
shield; no center star.
Rev.: BH, UD;
44” x 64”
First National; 8 stars;
motto, “Victory or
Death / Fla”;
29.25” x 52”, losses
0985.02.0166
0985.02.0167
3rd FL Infantry, Co. C
“Wildcats”.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863.
Concealed by color bearer Pvt.
Franklin E. Saxon to avoid
capture, April 1865.
FL State.
ANV; red sleeve on
hoist border;
34” x 38”
FL State; postwar.
Pattern used between 1868 and
1900.
n/a
0985.02.0170
C.S.S. Calhoun.
0985.02.0172
Captured from the steamer
Calhoun trying to run the
blockade at the South Pass of
the Mississippi River, Jan. 1862,
by a lieutenant on the U.S.S.
Rachel Seaman.
C.S.S. Jeff Davis
Flown from the privateer Jeff
Davis during the war.
0985.02.0176
Unidentified Unit.
First National; 11 stars;
61” x 150”
First National; 11 stars;
77” x 92”
N/A; Boer War flag;
postwar.
Possibly carried in the
Transvaal/Boer War, 18991902.
0985.02.0177
n/a
n/a
n/a
Unidentified VA Unit, 45th VA
Infantry or 45th Battalion VA
Infantry*.
First National; silk; 11
stars;
36” x 57.5”
0985.02.0180
Captured at Cloyd’s Mountain,
[WV] VA, May 1864, by Col. I.H.
Duval, 9th [WV] VA Infantry.
Fort Sumter.
N/A; frag.
0985.02.0180a
0985.02.0180b
0985.02.0180c
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
N/A; frag.
N/A; frag.
N/A; frag.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0985.02.0181
Miniature Flag
ANV; silk; probably
postwar.
0985.02.0183
Miniature Flag
MS State; satin;
postwar.
0985.02.0183a
Miniature Flag
MS State; satin;
postwar.
0985.02.0184a
Miniature Flag
3rd National; postwar.
0985.02.0184b
0985.02.0184c
0985.02.0184d
0985.02.0184e
0985.02.0184f
0985.02.0184g
0985.02.0184h
0985.02.0184i
0985.02.0185a
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
3rd National; postwar.
Postwar; ANV; silk;
0985.02.0185b
Miniature Flag
Third National; Silk;
postwar
0985.02.0186a
Banner
First National; postwar.
0985.02.0186b
Banner
First National; postwar.
0985.02.0186c
Banner
Third National;
postwar.
0985.03.0026
1st GA Cavalry, Co. K.
First National; 12 stars;
30” x 45”
0985.03.0098
Carried at Murfreesboro, TN,
July 1862 and used by Sgt.
Montie Tench as a bandage
when his elbow was shattered
by a minie ball.
Savannah Volunteer Guards
0985.03.0099a-d
Pieces of the flag used by the
Savannah Volunteer Guards at
Charleston, South Carolina and
the Battle of Sayler's Creek.
Miniatures
0985.03.0129
Miniature.
Found in Bible of Mrs. King of
GA.
0985.03.0193
57th GA Infantry.
Believed issued after Nov. 1862.
N/A; frag.
First National, Second
National, Third
National, and ANV;
miniatures; postwar?
Second National; silk;
8” x 10.5”
Bragg’s Corps battle
flag; 12 6-pointed
stars;
41” x 65”, losses
0985.03.0194
0985.03.0195
0985.03.0196
0985.03.0197
0985.03.0198
C.S.S. Shenandoah.
Flown from 1864 until vessel
surrendered in Liverpool,
England, Nov. 1865. Lt. Dabney
Scales gave the flag to his
cousin for safekeeping. Brought
back from England in 1873.
Donated to museum 1907.
C.S. Blockade Runner, Capt.
Von Schwartz.
Hamburg, Germany, principality
flag used as decoy flag on
unidentified blockade runner.
Marcellus A. Stovall.
Second National;
88” x 136”
Red field; white
appliqué seal; black
ink;
36” x 51”
Used by Gen. Stovall during the
war.
Silk; red and blue field,
divided horizontally;
red fringe;
18.5” x 17.5”
4th Battalion GA Sharpshooters,
Co. A
“Baker Volunteers”.
ANV; no center star;
rectangular field;
40” x 51”, losses.
Presented to the unit by Lizzie
Baker of Augusta, GA, June
1863. Concealed by the color
bearer Sgt. A.W. Collins to avoid
capture at Nashville, TN, Dec.
1864 and returned to Miss
Baker.
1st GA Infantry, Co. D.
First National; 8 stars;
22” x 39”
Flown over the tent of Capt.
H.B. Adams.
0985.03.0199
0985.03.0200
4th GA Infantry.
Second battle flag issued to unit.
At the battle of Spotsylvania,
VA, May 1864, the wounded
color bearer concealed the flag
to avoid capture. Flag later sent
to Col. George Doles’ wife in
Milledgeville, GA, for
safekeeping.
10th GA Regiment, Co. B,
“Letcher Guards”.
Made/presented by ladies of
Augusta, GA, May 1861.
ANV; 10 stars r.;
43.5” x 47.5”, losses.
First National; silk;
remnants 7 stars;
46” x 65.25”, losses
0985.03.0201
0985.03.0205
n/a
Garrison Flag, Augusta Arsenal,
Augusta, GA
Preserved by Gen. George
Rains, C.S. Ordnance
Department, after Gen. Lee’s
surrender, April 1865.
Flag for J. Davis Coffin, New
Orleans, LA
0985.03.0206
4th GA Infantry.
0985.03.0210
0985.03.0221
Fragment from the third battle
flag issued to unit, carried by
Pvt. John Gay until its
surrender, April 1865.
Flag presented to T.J. Jackson
C.S.S. Savannah
0985.03.0222
Used after May 1863 and
concealed to avoid capture by
Capt. Robert Hulbert at
Savannah, Georgia, December
1864 prior to the gunboat’s
destruction.
Unidentified C.S. Blockade
Runner, Capt. von Schwartz
Flown on an unidentified
blockade runner.
0985.03.0223
C.S.S. Albemarle
Second National;
118” x 177”
N/A; frag.
N/A; UD in white paint
from ANV battle flag;
2.5” x 7” remnant.
N/A; frag.
CS Navy Jack;
Rectangular red field,
blue St. Andrew’s
cross, white edging, 13
stars; 68” x 103”
Second National;
“Made by G. T. Linden
in St. Thomas W. I.”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge border;
36” 54 ¼”
Second National;
105” x 200”, losses
Captured at Plymouth, NC,
October 1864 when the
Albemarle was destroyed.
n/a
0985.03.0228
C.S. Naval Flag, unknown
vessel.
Captured at Port Hudson, LA,
July 1863 and secured by T.
Thatcher Graves, 114th NY
Infantry.
First National; 11 stars;
80” x 120”
n/a
n/a
0985.03.0230
Unidentified GA Co.
0985.03.0235
Confederate flag belonging to a
company of GA "Cracker"
soldiers for use in battle. Made
and presented by the Ladies of
northern Georgia to the
company.
Seven Pines
0985.03.0236
GA State.
GA State; postwar (ca.
1920-1956)
0985.03.0237
Georgia Seal (modified)
GA State
(modification); silk;
postwar.
0985.03.0238
GA State
GA State; silk; postwar
0985.03.0238b
0985.04.0083
Modern
Unidentified KY Unit (possibly
1st KY Infantry, Co. E*)
N/A; postwar; tassel.
First National; 11 6pointed stars; inscribed
“Kentucky”;
50.5” x 48.5”
0985.04.0086
Believed carried by Samuel V.
Reid’s KY unit until Dec. 1861,
when transferred to 3rd AR
Infantry.
5th KY Cavalry, Co. C
Made by the ladies of Paris, KY,
and presented to Capt. Harry
Bedford.
0985.04.0094
Headquarters, Simon B.
Buckner.
Presented to Buckner in Oct.
1863 by Gen. James Longstreet
and used as Buckner’s HQ flag.
N/A; frag.
Silk, blue field.
Obverse: Red Latin
cross, 14 stars.
Reverse: Motto in red
appliqué: “On to
Victory!”; 36” x 46”
Second National;
45.5” x 72”
0985.04.0095
0985.04.0096
0985.04.0097
0985.04.0098
6th KY Infantry.
Presented by ladies of
Huntsville, AL, Feb. 1862.
Believed carried from battle of
Shiloh, TN, April 1862, until Dec.
1862.
Headquarters, Gen. Gustavus
W. Smith.
Believed issued Nov. 1861 and
used as Gen. Smith’s HQ flag
during war. Taken from a
Richmond, VA, residence April
4, 1865, and concealed under
skirt of Mrs. John C.
Breckenridge to avoid capture.
5th, later 9th KY Infantry
“Citizen’s Guard”
Presented to the unit my Mrs. B.
J. Adams and used as Col.
Thomas H. Hunt’s Headquarters
flag.
Unidentified Unit, KY Orphan
Brigade, Breckinridge Division.
Believed carried by unit between
spring 1862 and fall 1864.
0985.04.0101
Unidentified.
History unknown.
First National; silk; 11
stars; gold fringe; BH
remnants; UD;
60” x 70”, losses
ANV battle flag; silk;
no center star; 12
stars; yellow fringe;
48.5” x 45.25”
First National; silk; 11
stars forming a Latin
cross. Embroidered
inscription “C G”;
45” x 66”
Breckinridge Division
pattern; 13 stars; red
Latin cross;
65” x 60”, losses
ANV battle flag; 38” x
41.5”
0985.04.0107
Unidentified
Postwar ANV
0985.04.0108
“Alexander Guard” (possibly 1st
KY Infantry, Co. E*)
First National; silk; 15
stars; white fringe;
embroidered UD;
46” x 80”
0985.05.0054
Believed presented by Nannie
Wilson, May 1861.
Unidentified.
Captured at Red River, LA, April
1864.
First National; 11 stars
(10 six-pointed flowerlike, one five-pointed);
44.5” x 68.5”
0985.05.0098
Miniature Flag
LA State; silk; postwar.
0985.05.0099
Miniature.
First National; crossstitch; 7 stars;
2.75” x 4.75”, losses
Made by Josephine (Mrs.
Francis B.) Trinchard, New
Orleans, LA.
0985.05.0137
9th LA Infantry, Co. K “Jackson
Greys”.
Presented by ladies of St.
Bride’s Parish, LA, 1861.
0985.05.0138
Headquarters, Arnold Elzey.
Presented by ladies of
Baltimore, MD, Nov. 1861 and
used as Gen. Elzey’s HQ flag.
0985.05.0139
0985.05.0140
0985.05.0143
13th LA Infantry.
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Concealed by Col.
Francis Lightfoot Lee Campbell
to avoid capture in AL, May
1865 and brought home after
the war.
“Fenner’s Battery” (Capt.
Charles E. Fenner) LA Light
Artillery.
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Issued in 1864
and carried until the unit
surrendered at Meridian, MS,
May 1865.
Miniature.
Made by Josephine (Mrs.
Francis B.) Trinchard, New
Orleans, LA.
0985.05.0144
5th LA Infantry, Co. H, “Perrott
Guards”.
Made by ladies of Baltimore,
MD; taken to troops by Mrs.
John James; given by to another
soldier after Battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863;
returned to her 1872.
First National; silk; 11
stars; oil-painted;
inscription, “Quam
Fluctus Divisi Quam
Mare Conjunsti”;
52” x 70”
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; gold fringe;
49” x 50”
AOT; BH; UD; crossed
cannons;
36” x 44”, losses.
AOT;
35” x 51”
First National; 11 stars;
22.75” x 34.5”
First National; silk; 15
stars; UD;
53” x 83”
n/a
0985.05.0147
0985.05.0148
Miniature.
Found in scrapbook of Lizzie
and Mary Ann Lane of LA.
n/a
Postwar.
First National; 13 stars;
3.5” x 6”
0985.05.0149a
Miniature Flag
Postwar; ANV
0985.05.0149b
0985.05.0149c
0985.05.0149d
0985.05.0149e
0985.05.0149f
0985.05.0149g
0985.05.0149h
0985.05.0149i
0985.05.0149j
0985.05.0149k
0985.05.0149l
0985.05.0150
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Miniature Flag
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
Postwar ANV
LA State; silk; postwar.
0985.05.0151
N/A; frag.
0985.06.0033
Ned Owens’s Flag, 1st
Company, Washington Artillery.
Jackson Hospital.
0985.06.0040
Harper’s Ferry, WV Truce
N/A; frag.
0985.06.0084
Miniature.
First National; silk; 7
stars;
3” x 5”
Given to Jane (Mrs. Bradley T.)
Johnson of MD by Gen.
Beauregard while riding by train
to rejoin troops at Manassas,
VA, July 1861.
N/A; frag.
0985.06.0091
0985.06.0094
21st VA Infantry, Co. B
“Maryland Guards”
Smuggled from Baltimore, MD,
in 1861 by Mrs. Augustus
McLaughlin and presented to
the unit in a ceremony in Capitol
Square, Richmond, VA. The unit
disbanded in May 1862.
C.S.S. VIrginia
Yellow field, oil-painted
MD state seal, yellow
fringe; 69” x 115”
N/A; frag.
Piece of flag from the CS.S.
Virginia-Merrimac.
0985.06.0121
1st MD Cavalry.
First National;
26” x 46”
0985.06.0122
1st MD Infantry.
Silk; yellow field; oilpainted seal and figure
of Liberty; UD; motto,
“Sanctvs Amor
Libertatis Dat Anmvm”;
19” x 25.5”
0985.06.0124
0985.06.0125
Revolutionary War flag of
“Baltimore Independent
Company,” presented to Col.
George Steuart, who
commanded unit until March
1862.
Headquarters, Bradley T.
Johnson.
HQ flag of the MD Line,
commanded by Gen. Johnson.
1st MD Infantry.
Presented by ladies of
Baltimore, in Aug. 1861, and
later used on bier of Gen.
Charles Winder, killed at Cedar
Mountain, VA, Aug. 1862.
0985.06.0126
Miniature.
Given to Mrs. Robert Nelson
Hanna of Bel Air, MD, by John
Wilkes Booth during war.
N/A; swallowtail; red
field; white canton with
red cross bottonee;
19” x 40.25”
Silk; blue field; oilpainted seal; gold
fringe; UD;
62” x 68”, frag.
Illegible motto
First National; silk; 11
stars;
12” x 18”
0985.06.0127
Headquarters, Gen. Earl Van
Dorn.
0985.06.0128
One of 3 silk battle flags made
in Sept. 1861 upon approval of
design. Made by Constance
Cary of Alexandria, VA;
presented to Gen. Van Dorn,
Dec. 1861; used HQ flag until
his death in May 1863.
Miniature.
0985.06.0133
Made by Baltimore, MD, woman
who was later arrested for
wearing flag on her dress in
defiance of Federal order.
2nd MD Infantry, Co. A.
0985.06.0134
Believed presented to Capt.
William H. Murray by ladies of
Baltimore, MD. Carried by unit
until end of war.
MD State
0985.06.0135
1st MD Cavalry, Co. E, “Winder
Cavalry”.
Presented by ladies of Kent
County, MD; artist Sgt. “A. T.
Jones, 1863”.
0985.06.0136
1st MD Infantry, U.S.A. (Col.
Kenly).
0985.06.0140
Captured at Front Royal, VA, by
Col. Bradley Johnson, 1st MD
Infantry, C.S.A., on May 24,
1862.
Unidentified U.S.
0985.06.0141
Captured at Chancellorsville,
VA, by James Lane’s NC
Brigade.
MD Tassel
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; gold fringe
border; 6 stars r.;
29” x 32”
First National; silk; 7
stars;
6” x 7”
First National; silk; 11
stars; silver fringe;
32.5” x 48”
MD State; silk; postwar
First National; silk; gold
fringe; oil-painted seal;
11 stars (rev).; motto,
“Hope is Our
Watchword, Truth Our
Guiding Star”;
28.5” x 47”
U.S. National; 34 star;
silk; UD;
69” x 82.5”, losses.
U.S.; 5 6-pointed stars
r.; silk; portion of oilpainted seal; 1-2” x
18”, frag.
N/A; tassel
0985.06.0144
ANV Patch
N/A; probably postwar.
0985.07.147
Richmond, VA Capitol.
N/A; probably 2nd
National or 3rd
National; red and white
wool; 31” x 3”, frag.
Fragment of the flag taken from
the capitol building in Richmond,
VA, upon the surrender to
Federal troops.
0985.07.222
George Shea
Postwar.
0985.07.223
Unidentified.
Second National;
33” x 53”
Unknown history. Donated by
grandchildren of Jefferson
Davis.
0985.07.224
7th MS Infantry.
0985.07.231
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Captured at the
battle of Jonesboro, GA, Aug.Sept. 1864 by Capt. John A.
Smith, 57th OH Veteran
Volunteer Infantry.
Montgomery, AL Capitol
0985.08.14
4th MO Infantry.
Carried in battle of Pea Ridge,
AR, March 1862.
0985.08.29
Miniature Flag
AOT; BH; UD;
33” x 52.5”
N/A; frag.
Van Dorn; yellow
fringe;
47” x 76”
ANV; postwar.
0985.08.30
0985.08.46
0985.08.47
0985.08.52
0985.09.173
Miniature.
Made by Amanda Stone Bowen
of MO in April 1861; concealed
in her clothing during repeated
searches of her home by
Federals.
Memorial Banner 4th MO
Cavalry, Co. D.
“Guibor’s Battery” (Capt. Henry
Guibor) MO Light Artillery.
Made by ladies of St. Louis, MO,
1862. Presented Jan. 1863 and
carried until surrender of
Vicksburg, MS, July 1863.
First National
1st NC Infantry, Co. M, Bethel
Regt., “Dixie Rebels”.
Carried by unit until disbanded
spring 1862.
0985.09.175
0985.09.177
31st NC Infantry, Co. B, “O. K.
Boys”.
Made by Tempie Liles;
presented by ladies of Anson
County, NC. Captured at
Roanoke Island, Feb. 1862, by
21st MA Infantry, and sent to
MA governor.
33rd NC Infantry.
Used under command of Col.
Lawrence O’Brien Branch, who
was killed at Battle of
Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 1862.
First National; silk; 13
stars;
7” x 14”, losses
Silk; postwar.
ANV battle flag; silk;
gold fringe; rectangular
field; no edging on
cross; BH; UD;
48” x 59”
First National; silk;
postwar.
NC State; silk; gold
fringe; UD;
41” x 58”
Silk; white fringe. Obv.:
gold brocade field, UD.
Rev.: First National, 11
stars; motto, “Aut
Vincere Aut Mori”;
36” x 48”
Silk; red field; gold
fringe; embroidered
UD;
16” x 26”
0985.09.188
1st NC Infantry, Co. A,
“Albemarle Guards”.
Silk; blue field; gold
fringe; seal; UD;
40” x 57”
Presented by ladies of Edenton,
NC, Dec. 1860.
0985.09.200
C.S.S. Albemarle.
Taken by Sailing Master George
F. Ford, U.S.N. in NC waters,
Oct. 1864, when the ship was
destroyed.
0985.09.201
27th NC Infantry, Co. B
“Guilford Greys”
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of Edgeworth Female
Seminary, Greensboro, NC, at
the coronation of their May
Queen, Mary Moorehead, May
1860.
0985.09.202
0985.09.203
n/a
0985.09.204
44th NC Infantry.
Fragment of the flag carried by
color bearer Pvt. William S.
Long from Fredericksburg, VA,
Dec. 1862 to Appomattox, VA,
April 1865.
1st NC Infantry, Co. A,
“Albemarle Guards”; 1st NC
State Troops.
Carried by unit under Capt.
Tristrim L. Skinner, who died at
Ellerson’s Mill, VA, June 1862.
J. Davis Funeral Procession,
Raleigh, NC
Second National;
80” x 125”
Silk, blue field with
eagle holding ribbons
above and ribbon
below oil-painted
central seal on both
sides, yellow fringe.
Obverse: Central seal
depicting to female
figures with unit name
and “Organized March
15th 1860” in gold
paint. Signed by
manufacturer,
“Horstmann, Philada.”
Reverse: Central seal
with presentation
history inscription, “E.
Pluribus Unum” and
“Greensboro N.
Carolina” in gold paint;
64” x 72”
ANV; 1 star r.;
12” x 11.25”
First National; 11 stars;
red letter “C” on center
bar;
40.5” x 114”, losses
Postwar ANV; silk.
0985.09.205
Presented by John W. Ellis.
Made by Ladies of St. Mary’s
School, Raleigh, NC. Presented
to Gov. Ellis before his death in
July 1861.
NC State;
40” x 61.75”
0985.09.211
J. Davis Funeral, Raleigh, NC
Postwar.
0985.09.212
46th NC Infantry Reunion.
Postwar ANV
0985.09.213
NC State
NC State; postwar.
0985.09.214
NC State
NC State; postwar; silk.
0985.10.011
“Chesterfield Artillery” (Maj.
James C. Coit) SC Light
Artillery.
SC State; silk; blue
field; gold fringe; UD;
obv. motto, “Animas
Opibusque Pariti Dum
Spiro Spero Spes”; rev.
motto, “God Will
Defend the Right”;
36” x 37”, frag.
Third National;
postwar.
Made and presented by SC
ladies.
0985.10.033
J. Davis Memorial Service, SC
0985.10.072a
Fort Moultrie
SC State; frag.
0985.10.072b
Fort Moultrie
N/A; frag.
0985.10.088
Fort Sumter
SC State; frag.
0985.10.148
Fort Moultrie
N/A; frag.
0985.10.195
Fort Sumter
N/A; frag.
0985.10.196
Miniature.
SC State; silk; blue
field with woven
palmetto fronds; motto,
“Animas Opibusque
Parati”;
10.5” x 15.5”
Red and white field;
gold fringe; central
shield with BH;
23.5” x 28.5”
Used as secession banner.
0985.10.287
1st SC Infantry bn., “Charleston
Light Infantry”.
Presented 1860 and carried until
July 1863.
0985.10.288
8th SC Infantry, Co. I
Postwar; ANV.
0985.10.290
5th SC Infantry, Co. B,
“Catawba Light Infantry”.
Silk; blue field; gold
fringe. Obv.: oil-painted
seal; embroidered
motto, “Our Rights We
Defend”.
Rev.: Bonnie Blue,
embroidered UD, 1
star;
41” x 41”
SC State; postwar
0985.10.291
Made and presented 1861 by
ladies of Yorkville, SC. Carried
by color bearer Sgt. John Barry
until wounded and sent home on
furlough 1862. Sent to Barry in
June 1862.
SC State
n/a
0985.10.298
Fort Moultrie
N/A; frag.
0985.10.304
Association of the Survivors of
Southern Rights
Miniature.
N/A; postwar
0985.10.307
Made by young lady in 1861 and
given to John Scott, Sumter,
SC.
Obv: White Field, blue
appliqué palmetto tree
and crescent moon.
Rev.: First National, 7
8-pointed stars.
9.5” x 11.5”
SC State; silk; blue
field; gold fringe;
17” x 20”
0985.10.311
Miniature flag – SC.
0985.10.315
Used as secession banner,
1861. Placed on Jefferson Davis
bier at reinternment of his
remains, Richmond, VA, May
1893. Sent by Ladies
Association of Charleston to
unveiling of Soldiers and Sailors
monument, Richmond, VA,
1894.
Fort Sumter
0985.10.316
Miniature Flag - SC
Third National;
probably postwar.
0985.10.317
Miniature Flag - SC
First National
0985.11.104
Miniature.
Second National; silk;
16.5” x 28.5”.
Conserved.
Made during war by Mrs. John
Porterfield of TN.
0985.11.164
Unidentified Unit.
N/A; frag.
ANV battle flag;
8 stars r.;
orange border;
46” x 24”, frag.
0985.11.172
Richmond, VA Capitol.
A piece of the flag that floated
over the capitol, Richmond, VA,
that was captured by the
Federals following the
surrender. This piece was taken
by A. B. Lawrence, Lieutenant
Colonel Chief of Quartermaster,
Army of the James, May 1,
1865.
N/A; red, white, and
blue wool; 18” x 2”,
frag.
0985.11.174a
TN State
TN State; postwar.
0985.11.174b
TN State
TN State; postwar.
0985.12.048
Miniature.
0985.12.049
Presented by six TX ladies to
George Branard, 1st TX Infantry
color bearer in 1862. Carried
over unit’s regimental flag from
1862 until Appomattox, VA, April
1865.
Miniature.
First National; one star;
6.75” x 13.5”
Carried in vest pocket of Joseph
W. Cobb, Co. H, 6th TX Cavalry.
0985.12.075
8th TX Infantry, Co. A, “Van
Dorn Guards”.
Presented in 1862.
0985.12.076
21st NC Infantry, Co. D,
“Forsythe Rifles”.
Presented by ladies of Salem,
NC, May 1861, and carried until
fall 1861.
Second National; silk;
2.5” x 4.5”
ANV battle flag; silk;
white fringe;
rectangular field; no
edging on cross;
UD;
36.5” x 46.5”
Obv.: First National, 15
six-pointed stars, gold
fringe. Rev.: white field.
Silk; gold fringe and
streamers; red and
white silk cravat with 8
stars, gold fringe;
motto, “Liberty or
Death”;
43.5” x 74”
0985.12.082
0985.12.085
U.S. Naval Signal Flag,
unknown vessel.
Captured at the battle of
Galveston, TX, Jan. 1863 by
Gen. John B. Magruder’s forces.
Miniature.
Used by Rev. W. Talley to cheer
soldiers marching from GA to
join army in VA.
n/a
N/A; white field;
22.5” x 21.5”, remnant.
ANV; 12 stars r.;
rectangular field; no
edging on cross;
8.5” x 10.5”
0985.12.087
General Division, UDC, June 3,
1908
Bonnie Blue TX
Guidon; postwar.
0985.12.092
Reproduction ANV
ANV; silk; postwar
0985.12.097
0985.13.0047
Reunion
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
N/A; postwar.
Second National;
93.5” x 146.5”
Used to drape Gen. Jackson’s
casket while he lay in state in
the Capitol Building, May 12,
1863, Richmond, VA, and
afterwards, by order of Pres.
Jefferson Davis, given to
Jackson’s widow, Mary Anna.
0985.13.0049
55th VA Infantry.
0985.13.0239
Captured at Falling Waters (WV)
VA, July 1863 by 7th MI
Cavalry; turned over to U.S. War
Department. Secured by Col.
W.D. Mann, 7th MI Cavalry in
Aug. 1863 and given to Col.
Joseph Bidgood.
J. Davis Casket
ANV battle flag; BH;
UD;
46.5” x 48”
Third National; silk;
postwar.
0985.13.0377
Joseph E. Johnston
One of three silk battle flags
made in September 1861 upon
approval of the design. Made in
1861 by Hetty Cary of Baltimore,
MD, presented to Gen. Johnston
in December 1861, and used as
his Headquarters flag.
0985.13.0391
6th VA Cavalry.
Carried from the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 and
concealed by Pvt. Samuel W.
Young to avoid capture at
Appomattox, VA, April 1865.
0985.13.0394
Headquarters, Joseph E.
Johnston.
Believed issued in June 1862
and used as Gen. Johnston’s
HQ flag during the war.
0985.13.0398
7th VA Cavalry, Co. A
“Mountain Rangers”
Made and presented to the unit
by the Ladies of Salem in
Fauquier County, VA, and later
used by Gen. Turner Ashby as
his Headquarters flag until his
death, June 1862.
0985.13.0424
Unidentified Unit.
Captured at battle of Cedar
Mountain, VA, Aug. 1862.
ANV; Silk; no center
star, gold fringe border;
37” x 35”
ANV; BH on each star;
49” x 49”
Magruder; red and
white field divided
diagonally;
52” x 57”.
First National; Silk;
Embroidered
presentation history
inscription and unit
name. Motto in gold
embroidery: “our
liberty, our rights, our
honor”;
47.5” x 70
First National; silk; 8
stars r.;
38.25” x 70”, losses
0985.13.0436
43rd Battalion VA Cavalry
“Mosby’s Rangers”
First National; 11 stars;
52” x 115”, losses
Made and presented to the unit
in 1863 by the ladies of
Fauquier, Loudoun and Fairfax
counties, VA, and carried until
the end of the war. Capt. Frank
A. Whitescarver hid the flag
which passed through the hands
of several other veterans before
being placed in an NY City bank
vault from 1907 until 1926. The
“Rangers” rededicated the flag
in 1926 in the Confederate
section of Arlington National
Cemetery, Arlington, VA, and
presented it to Capt. Francis
Angelo.
0985.13.0454
28th VA Infantry, Co. B,
“Blue Ridge Rifles”.
Presented by ladies of VA in
1861; carried until Battle of
Williamsburg, VA, May 1862,
when sent home by Col. Robert
C. Allen.
0985.13.0499
Headquarters, Robert E. Lee
Used as Gen. Lee’s HQ flag
from June 1862 through
summer 1863. Believed made
by Lee’s wife, Mary Custis, and
his daughters.
0985.13.0588
0985.13.0705
Headquarters, James Ewell
Brown “J. E. B.” Stuart.
Used as Gen. Stuart’s HQ flag
from Oct. 1863 until he was
mortally wounded, May 1864.
Miniature.
History unknown.
VA State; yellow fringe;
oil-painted seal and
motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
51” x 65”
First National; 13 stars;
52” x 78”
Second National;
postwar inscription in
black ink;
46” x 74”
Second National; silk;
20” x 26”
0985.13.0800
Richmond, VA Capitol.
U.S. national; frag.
Fragment from U.S. flag that
flew over VA State Capitol when
VA seceded in April 1861.
0985.13.0922
25th VA Infantry, Co. A.
0985.13.0923
Presented by ladies of
Moorefield, VA. Torn from staff
by Sgt. Philip William Pugh and
concealed to avoid capture at
Rich Mountain, [WV] VA, July
1861.
1st VA Infantry.
Presented by ladies of
Richmond, VA, Nov. 1861 and
carried until 1863.
0985.13.1151
Miniature.
Taken from Arlington (home of
Robert E. Lee) during war by
William H. Johnson, 143 NY
Infantry, and sent to his father in
NJ.
0985.13.1152
CS Flag.
Piece of first Confederate flag.
0985.13.1153
Miniature.
0985.13.1154
Carried in pocket of Lt. William
Henry Keiningham, Co. D, 1st
VA Infantry. Surrendered flag
when captured at Battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863. Flag
returned when discharged
shortly after war’s end.
Miniature Flag
First National; 11 stars;
35” x 76”
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star;
48” x 48”
Second National; silk;
gold fringe;
16.5” x 17”
N/A; star and blue
wool;
8” x 7”, frag.
First National; silk; 11
stars;
6” x 9”
First National; postwar.
0985.13.1155
Miniature.
Used as table decoration by
Southern sympathizers living in
OH City during war.
First National; silk; 10
stars;
6” x 9”
0985.13.1156
30th VA Infantry
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1157
Lee Monument Unveiling
First National; postwar.
0985.13.1203
Robert E. Lee.
N/A; frag.
Fragment of the headquarters
flag that was used by General
Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
Court House, VA.
0985.13.1204
Richmond, VA.
0985.13.1205
Said to be from the flag divided
up when Richmond, VA, was
evacuated in April 1865. Taken
from the trunk of a Union
soldier.
Fort Moultrie
0985.13.1206
1865 Surrender
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1207
C.S.S. Virginia
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1208
Robert E. Lee
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1209
24th VA Infantry
ANV; frag.
N/A; red silk with
remnants of gold
lettering;
3” x 5”, frag.
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1209a
24th VA Infantry
ANV; frag.
0985.13.1236
4th VA Infantry.
0985.13.1743
Said to have been sent home by
Pvt. William H. Haynes, Co. E to
his sister. Haynes was
discharged Feb. 1862.
“Governor’s Guard”.
ANV battle flag; 6 stars
r.;
27” x 54”, frag.
Made and presented by ladies
of Richmond, VA.
0985.13.1744
23rd VA Cavalry.
Silk; blue field; single
star; gold fringe;
embroidered UD and
cloud design;
38.5” x 38.5”
ANV; 7 stars r.;
44” x 42”, frag.
Carried by unit from April 1864
to April 1865.
0985.13.1745
0985.13.1746
0985.13.1747
1st Zouave bn., Co. B, LA
Infantry.
Made and presented by ladies
of Williamsburg, VA, spring
1862.
30th VA Infantry, Co. E,
“Caroline Greys”.
Commissioned by Ladies of
Caroline County, VA; carried
until Seven Days Campaign,
July 1862; carried at unveiling of
Lee Monument, May 1890.
13th VA Infantry
Made by Dolly (Mrs. A. P.) Hill in
November 1861 using material
from her bridal clothes.
Presented in Mrs. Hill’s name to
the unit while encamped at
Hatcher’s Run, VA, December
1864.
First National; silk; 10
stars; UD; motto,
“Remembrance”;
embroidery;
45” x 66”, losses
VA State; silk; blue
field; gold fringe;
central oil-painted seal;
portrait of militia
company on parade;
UD; Motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
48” x 60”
ANV; Silk; no center
star;
45” x 45”
0985.13.1748
4th VA Cavalry, Co. H, Black
Horse Troop”
Unit flag under Capt. John Scott
and Capt. William H. Payne.
0985.13.1749
8th VA Cavalry.
0985.13.1750
Captured at Moorefield, WV,
Aug. 1864 by 14th PA Cavalry.
Procured from a Union sergeant
in Washington, D.C., by Mr.
James J. Morison in 1864.
8th VA Infantry.
0985.13.1751
Made by Caroline (Mrs. P.G.T.)
Beauregard in late 1861 using
material from her bridal clothes;
presented to the unit by Gen.
Beauregard for valor after Battle
of Ball’s Bluff, Oct. 1861.
Unidentified Cavalry Unit.
0985.13.1752
4th VA Cavalry, Co. E,
“Powhatan Troop”.
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of Powhatan County, VA,
June 1860 and returned to the
county in Sept. 1861.
VA State; Blue field,
yellow fringe, oilpainted VA state seal
and motto on both
sides; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
36” x 40”
Second National; silver
fringe; BH; UD;
52.5” x 113”
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; BH;
embroidered UD;
48” x 50”
First National; lance
pennant; 11 stars; fourpointed stars;
11.5 " x 16.5"
VA State; silk; yellow
field; oil-painted seal
on both sides; gold
fringe. Obverse: VA
state seal, motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
Reverse: portrait of
Pocahontas,
inscription, “Guard of
the Daughters of
Powhatan”
35” x 40”. Conserved;
sponsored by the
Powhatan County
Historical Society.
0985.13.1753
Fitzhugh Lee.
Used by Col. Lee, 1st VA
Cavalry. Believed made by his
wife, Ellen.
0985.13.1754
40th VA Infantry, Co. H,
“Lancaster Grays”
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of Lancaster County, VA,
August 1860.
0985.13.1755
9th VA Cavalry, Co. D
“Lancaster Cavalry”
Presented to the unit by the
Ladies of Lancaster County, VA.
Lt. Aulbin D. Tapscott concealed
flag to avoid capture after his
brother, color bearer, Lt.
Chichester Tapscott, was
mortally wounded at Upperville,
VA, June 1863.
0985.13.1756
0985.13.1760
4th VA Infantry, Co. K, later 27th
VA Infantry, Co. H “Rockbridge
Rifles”.
Presented by ladies of
Lexington, VA, May 1860;
carried during war and in R. E.
Lee’s funeral procession, Oct.
1870.
16th VA Infantry, Co. A, “Marion
Rangers”.
Presented by ladies of Suffolk,
VA, and used under Capt.
Richard Whitehead until July
1861.
ANV battle flag; silk;
gold fringe; remnants 3
stars;
36” x 33”, frag.
Silk; VA state flag; Blue
field, gold fringe, oil
painted central seal on
both sides; Obverse:
33 stars, presentation
history inscription in
gold paint; Reverse:
VA state seal and
motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
signed by artist, “T. R.
Jefferys, 1860”;
30 ½” x 33 ¾”
VA State; Silk; Blue
field, gold fringe, oilpainted central seal on
both sides. Obverse:
Presentation history
inscription. Motto in
gold paint: “Our Troop”
and “God and Your
Native Land.” Reverse:
VA state seal and
motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
Seal signed by
manufacturer, “George
Ruskell, Richmond,
Va.”;
38” x 57”
VA State; silk; yellow
field; white fringe; oilpainted seal; UD;
Motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
52.5” x 64”
First National; gold
fringe, silk canton; oilpainted seal; UD; 11
stars; motto, “Our God,
Our Country, Our
Homes”; motto, “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
48” x 78”, losses
0985.13.1761
15th VA Infantry
Made from the bridal clothes of
Mrs. Catherine Heth (Mrs.
Robert J.) Morrison and
presented by her to the unit in
Williamsburg, VA, after the
battle of Big Bethel, VA, June
1861. Donated to the Museum
in 1898 by the survivors of the
unit.
n/a
0985.13.1762
0985.13.1764
0985.13.1765
0985.13.1766
Memorial Flag 1st VA Infantry.
“Garnett’s Battalion” Co. A,
(Capt. Nathan Pennick) VA Light
Artillery.
Postwar ANV; silk
Second National; silk;
white fringe; UD;
43” x 75”
Believed carried by unit during
war.
U.S.S. St. Nicholas.
N/A
Headquarters, William L.
Jackson.
Used as Gen. Jackson’s HQ flag
during the war.
0985.13.1767
Silk; white field, blue
border, ten stars on
both sides, silver
fringe; blue appliqué
inscriptions on both
sides. Obverse:
“Home.”; Reverse: “15
Reg: Va: Vol.”; 49.5” x
69.5”
“Lurty’s Battery” (Capt. Warren
S. Lurty) VA Horse Artillery.
N/A; swallowtail; red
field; white canton with
blue cross; 13 stars;
23” x 36”
ANV battle flag;
BH; UD;
62.5” x 95.25”
Captured at Battle of Ninevah,
VA, Nov. 1864.
0985.13.1768
53rd VA Infantry.
Originally said captured at Battle
of Chancellorsvile, VA, May
1863 by 7th NJ Infantry – BUT
53rd not at Chancellorsville.
0985.13.1769
5th VA Cavalry, Co. A,
“Princess Anne Cavalry”.
Made by Ladies Aid Society of
London Bridge Church;
presented April 1861.
ANV battle flag; silk;
blue fringe;
27” x 29”
N/A; silk; yellow field;
oil-painted seal signed
by artist; UD; motto,
“Liberty or Death”;
33.25” x 35”
0985.13.1774
0985.13.1775
3rd VA Cavalry, Co. H, “New
Kent Cavalry”
Presented by the ladies of
Richmond, VA, Sept. 1863.
Taken home after the war by
color bearer Pvt. J.W.
Parkinson, Charles City County,
VA.
2nd VA Cavalry, Co. C,
“Botetourt Dragoons”.
Presented by ladies of Botetourt
County, VA.
0985.13.1776
13th VA Infantry, Co. B,
“Culpeper Minutemen”.
Presented by ladies of Culpepr
County, VA, 1859, and used
during first 2 years of war.
0985.13.1777
0985.13.1784
0985.13.1792
6th VA Cavalry, Co. B,
“Rappahannock Troop”.
Presented by ladies as unit
passed through Gordonsville,
VA, Feb. 1862. Carried only
once into battle at Cedarville,
VA, May 23, 1862; mistaken by
Federal troops as “black flag”
(no quarter). Retired shortly
thereafter; preserved by
company’s captain, Daniel
Grimsley.
Made for Edmond Goode, 58th
VA Infantry.
Flag believed not finished before
Goode’s death March 1862.
13th VA Infantry, Co. A
“Montpelier Guards”
VA State; cotton; blue
field; white fringe;
remnant of oil painted
VA state seal; motto,
“Sic Semper Tyrannis”;
35” x 37”, frag.
VA State; silk; blue
field; gold fringe; UD;
painted motto, “Give
Me Liberty or Give Me
Death”; Motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
39” x 49.5”
VA State; silk; blue
field; oil-painted seal;
13 stars; gold fringe;
motto, “Don’t Tread on
Me”; Motto, “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”;
58” x 77”
Two squares sewn
together with same
design on both sides.
Blue field; white St.
Andrew’s cross; 13
stars. White field: red
silk 14-pointed star.
24.75” x 47.5”
First National;
13 stars;
obv. only;
45.5” x 95”
First National; 11 stars;
21” x 28”
Made and presented to the unit
by the Ladies of Rebel Hall,
Orange County, VA, and carried
throughout the war.
0985.13.1793
William “Extra Billy” Smith.
Third National; silk;
postwar.
0985.13.1794
Governor William Smith
VA State; postwar.
0985.13.1795
C.S.S. Virginia
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1800
P.G.T. Beauregard
N/A; frag.
0985.13.1821
J.E. Johnston Camp 2, CV
Postwar ANV, var.
0985.13.1823
79th VA Militia Infantry, “Green
River Battalion”.
Silk; white field; oilpainted eagle; UD;
50” x 65”, losses
Motto, “E Pluribus
Unum”.
0985.13.1825
Captured at crossing of
Greenbrier River, [WV] VA, Oct.
1861, and given to Capt. Hiram
Peck.
18th VA Infantry, Co. A,
“Danville Blues”.
Believed issued Nov. 1861.
0985.13.1841
1st VA Cavalry.
Concealed to avoid capture at
Appomattox Court House, VA,
April 1865 by Sgt. David Lowry,
color bearer from Nov. 1864
until the end of the war. Lowry
kept the flag until his death in
1926 when his daughter
donated it to the Museum.
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; 1 star r.;
yellow fringe; BH;
50” x 46”, losses.
ANV;
47” x 48”
0985.13.1864
Unidentified.
0985.13.1869
Believed captured at High
Bridge, VA, April 1865 by 3rd
VA Cavalry.
Unidentified.
History unknown. Found in the
trunk of a Southern lady living in
Bridgeport, CT, in 1928.
0985.13.1870
Miniature.
Designed and made by Mary P.
Lanza, fourteen, and her
brother, Gaetano, sixteen, of
Charlottesville, VA, in 1863.
n/a
0985.13.1871
11th VA Cavalry.
0985.13.1872
Made in the summer of 1863 by
Mary Lanza, fourteen, and her
brother, Gaetano, sixteen, and
waved when Col. Thomas
Rosser's "Laurel Brigade"
marched through Charlottesville,
VA, March 1864. Flag given to a
soldier in the 11th VA Cavalry
and carried by the unit until it
was returned to Mary Lanza in
July 1864.
Richmond, VA Capitol.
0985.13.1873
0985.13.1875
0985.13.1876
Fragment of the flag that was
taken from the top of the Capitol
at the surrender of Richmond,
April 3, 1865.
Capt. J.W. Anderson’s Co.
Capt. Archibald Graham’s
Company, VA Light Artillery
“Rockbridge Artillery”
VA.
Piece of first Confederate flag
that waved in VA after the
pattern had been adopted by
the Confederate Congress in
Montgomery, AL. Made by Mrs.
Mary Greene and raised before
VA seceded.
U.S. National, 35 star;
silk;
41” x 81.5”
First National;
11 stars; 49.25” x 72”
ANV battle flag; 12 6pointed stars;
embroidered VA seal
and motto, “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”;
18.25” x 18.75”
First National; 12 stars;
embroidered VA state
seal and motto, “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”;
27.5” x 47.5”, losses
N/A
N/A; cord tassel.
ANV; frag.
1st National; red wool;
8” x 8”, frag.
0985.13.1877
Unidentified Unit.
History unknown. Believed to be
an unissued battle flag found in
Franklin, NH, 1932.
0985.13.1878
28th VA Infantry.
Issued Nov. 1861. Believed
carried until June 1863. Sent by
Col. William Wingfield to widow
of Col. Robert Allen, mortally
wounded at battle of Gettysburg,
PA, July 1863.
0985.13.1894
Richmond, VA Capitol.
Piece of state flag which flew
over the capitol when VA
seceded, April 1861.
0985.13.1933
Richmond, VA Capitol.
0985.13.1934
Fragment of the flag that flew
over the VA State Capitol at the
time of the evacuation of
Richmond, April 3, 1865. The
fragment was preserved by
Thomas Hughes, Sr.
Richmond City.
Bragg’s Corps; 12 6pointed stars;
40.5” x 72.5”
ANV; silk; no center
star;
48” x 48”
VA State; blue cotton
or wool;
0.5” x 2”, frag.
N/A; white wool;
1” x 3.5”, frag.
Postwar.
Circa 1914.
0985.13.1935
Unidentified VA Unit.
Believed captured in VA, 1864,
by an IL soldier.
VA State; gold fringe;
oil-painted seal and
motto on both sides;
“Sic Semper Tyrannis”
55” x 75”, losses
0985.13.1936
Memorial Flag Richmond Grays.
Postwar; VA state.
0985.13.1937
CS Reunion 1932
First National; postwar.
n/a
0985.13.1938
Unidentified.
ANV;
47” x 48”
0985.13.1939
CS Reunion 1903
Postwar.
0985.13.1940
J. Patton Anderson.
0985.13.1941
Presented to Gen. Anderson’s
Brigade, 1862.
Archer Anderson House
First National;
13 stars;
76.5” x 143”
0985.13.1942a
Unidentified VA Flag.
History unknown; found at VA
State Library, Richmond, VA.
Postwar ANV
VA State; oil-painted
seal only;
34” dia.
0985.13.1942b
Unidentified VA Flag
VA State; postwar
0985.13.1942c
Unidentified VA Flag.
0985.13.1943
History unknown. Found at the
VA State Library, Richmond,
VA, and donated to the
Museum.
Unidentified VA Unit.
VA State; blue field;
gold fringe; oil-painted
state seal and motto on
both sides; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
53.5” x 62.5”
First National; 14 stars;
31.75” x 50.5”
History unknown.
0985.13.1944
Evans Camp 45, UCV
Postwar.
0985.13.1945
12th VA Cavalry.
ANV battle flag;
46” x 45”
Captured near Poolesville, MD,
Sept. 1862 by 8th IL Cavalry.
Returned by Veterans
Association of the 8th IL Cavalry
in 1905.
n/a
0985.13.1946
Stonewall Steamer—J. Davis.
N/A
0985.13.1947
54th VA Infantry.
AOT; appliqué UD;
35” x 49”, losses
0985.13.1948
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Captured at
Bentonville, NC, March 1865 by
14th MI Infantry and sent to the
State of MI. Returned to VA in
1941.
Pickett’s Division, UCV
0985.13.1948b
0985.13.1949
0985.13.1950
0985.13.1951
Pickett’s Division, UCV
53rd VA Infantry, Co. D, “Taylor
Greys”.
U.S. National 48-star;
silk; postwar
Presented by ladies of King
William County, VA; captured in
VA by Capt. James L.
Carpenter, 7th MI Cavalry and
sent to state of MI.
Robert E. Lee
N/A; postwar; tassel.
VA State; silk; blue
field; white fringe; oilpainted seal; UD;
motto, “God assists so
we have nothing to
fear”; Motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
42.5” x 50.5”, losses
N/A; frag.
Headquarters, Matthew C.
Butler.
Second National;
47.75” x 72.25”
0985.13.1952
Used as HQ flag from 1863 until
end of war. Preserved by Maj.
Henry B. McClellan after
surrender in NC, April 1865.
Miniature; John Pelham.
0985.13.1954a
Given to Maj. Pelham by Lizzie
Letcher, daughter of VA
governor John Letcher. Pelham
died March 1863.
Miniature Flag
First National; silk;
remnants 9 stars;
7.75” x 10”, losses
VA State; postwar.
0985.13.1954b
Miniature Flag
Postwar ANV
0985.13.1954c
Miniature Flag
First National; postwar.
0985.13.1954d
Miniature Flag
Second National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954e
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954f
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954g
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954h
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954i
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
0985.13.1954j
Miniature Flag
First National; postwar.
0985.13.1954k
Miniature Flag
NC State; postwar.
0985.13.1954l
Miniature Flag
VA State; postwar.
0985.13.1954m
Miniature Flag
VA State; postwar.
0985.13.1954n
Miniature Flag
MO State; postwar.
0985.13.1954o
Miniature Flag
N/A; postwar.
0985.13.1955
Miniature Flag
OK State flag; postwar.
0985.13.1964
Miniature flag.
ANV; miniature;
postwar.
0985.14.0073
Painted on a piece of the Hill
Monument veil, May 30, 1897,
by Rev. P. B. Hill, who was
present at the unveiling.
NY CS Veterans
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0985.14.0082a
0985.14.0082b
0985.14.0082c
0985.14.0082d
0985.14.0083a
0985.14.0083b
0985.14.0083c
0985.14.0084a
0985.14.0084b
0985.14.0085
0985.14.0086a
0985.14.0086b
0985.14.0086c
0985.14.0086d
0985.14.0087
0985.14.0088
0985.14.0089
CS Pennant
CS Pennant
CS Pennant
CS Pennant
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
VA State
Second National
n/a
n/a
0985.14.0090
0985.14.0091a
First National Garrison
Third National
n/a
0985.14.0091b
Third National
n/a
0985.14.0092a
Third National
Postwar
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Postwar.
Navy Jack; postwar.
Navy Jack; postwar.
Navy Jack; postwar.
Postwar ANV, Var.
Postwar ANV, Var.
Postwar ANV
VA State; postwar.
Second National;
postwar.
Postwar.
Third National;
postwar.
Third National;
postwar.
Third National;
postwar.
n/a
0985.14.0092b
Third National
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0985.14.0093
0985.14.0094
0985.14.0095
0985.14.0096
0985.14.0097
ANV
ANV
VA State
Navy Jack
Third National
0985.14.0098
Unidentified.
0985.14.0099
Unidentified.
Third National;
postwar.
Postwar ANV
Postwar.
VA State; postwar.
Navy Jack; postwar.
Third National;
postwar.
Silk; white field, blue
canton with remnants
gold paint; no stars r.;
55” x 99”, frag.
History unknown.
First National; remnant
of canton; no stars r.;
49.5” x 66”, frag.
0985.14.0100
Fragment
N/A; frag.
0985.14.0101
Unidentified Unit
First National; 7 stars;
82” x 139”
0985.14.0102
Unidentified.
Postwar ANV
0985.14.0104
U.S. Cavalry Guidon.
0985.14.0107
Said to have been found on
grounds of White House on
Pamunkey River, New Kent
County, VA, in 1865.
Museum Decoration
U.S. National; silk;
swallowtail; 34 stars
(33 stars r.);
27” x 36.5”, losses
N/A; silk; postwar
0985.14.0108
Unidentified.
Postwar ANV
n/a
n/a
n/a
0985.14.0109
C.S.S. Alabama
N/A; frag.
0985.14.0110
Miniature Flag
First National;
postwar?
0985.14.0111
Miniature.
0985.14.0112
Used by Southerners living in
the North during the war as
decoration for special occasions
with other Southern
sympathizers.
VA State.
First National; silk; 11
stars;
4.5” x 9”
VA State; postwar.
0985.14.0112a
0985.14.0112b
0985.14.0112c
0985.14.0113
VA Seal
VA State
VA Seal
Quilted Pillow/Cushion [?]
VA Seal; postwar.
N/A; postwar; tassel.
N/A; postwar; oilcloth.
N/A
0985.14.0114
Samples
N/A; postwar.
0985.14.0115
Sample
N/A
0985.14.0116
Roster of Returned Battle Flags
N/A; silk.
0985.14.0117
Roster of Returned Battle Flags
N/A; silk.
0985.14.0118
Third National
Third National;
postwar.
0985.14.0119
Miniature Flag
VA State; postwar.
0985.14.0120
Miniature Flag
Postwar ANV
0985.14.0121
Miniature Flag
First National; silk;
postwar.
0985.14.0122
“Dixie”
First National; silk.
0985.14.0124a
Miniature Flag
Postwar ANV
0985.14.0124b
Miniature Flag
Postwar ANV
0985.14.0125
Miniature Flag
U.S. National 46-Star;
silk or satin; postwar.
1906.01
Unidentified Garrison Flag.
Third National;
88” x 142”
Capture history unknown.
Transferred by U.S. War
Department in 1906.
1906.02
16th TN Infantry*.
Believed recovered from
battlefield at Murfreesboro, TN,
Dec. 1862 by Daniel Adams’
Brigade, CSA. Found in
Richmond, VA, April 1865.
1906.03
Unidentified
Capture history unknown.
Transferred by the U.S. War
Department in 1906.
1906.04
Unidentified.
Unknown capture history.
1906.05
Unidentified.
History unknown.
Polk;
29” x 52.5”
ANV; 10 stars r.;
43.5” x 47”, losses.
Second National;
70” x 105”
ANV;
47” x 47”, frag.
1906.06
Unidentified Garrison Flag
Capture history unknown.
Transferred by the U.S. War
Department in 1906.
1906.07
Unidentified.
Second National;
Only remnant of field
remains;
93” x 105”, losses
First National; 13 stars;
48” x 80”.
Capture history unknown.
Transferred by the U.S. War
Department in 1906.
1906.08
British Red (Merchant) Flag*.
Capture history unknown.
Transferred by U.S. War
Department in 1906.
1906.09
U.S. Cavalry Reserve Brigade.
Believed captured by
Confederates and later
recaptured by Federals.
1906.10
1906.11
Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick’s
Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 23rd Army Corps,
U.S.A.*
Believed captured by
Confederates and recaptured by
Federals.
C.S. Ordnance Department*.
Capture history unknown.
N/A; red field with
canton resembling
British Union Jack; no
stars;
56” x 84”.
Swallowtail; red, white,
and blue field; three
adjoining triangles with
white appliqué crossed
swords;
20” x 25”, frag.
Swallowtail; red and
white field, divided
horizontally; blue
appliqué spear and
star;
39” x 54”
Silk; blue field, gold
painted seal; crossed
cannons; 12 stars;
35” x 34.5”, losses
2000.5.1
Unidentified.
Second National;
32.25” x 47.25”
n/a
2001.1
2001.3
Unidentified
23rd VA Cavalry.
Third National; postwar
ANV; frag.
n/a
2002.10
Third National
Third National;
postwar.
n/a
2002.12.1
1913 Flag
n/a
2003.7
Unidentified.
Third National;
Postwar.
962.3
Thirty-four star U.S. National
U.S. National 34-Star;
110” x 155”.
967.2
Made by the ladies of ME for
Gen. George Shepley, U.S.A.
early in the war and flown over
occupied New Orleans,
Louisiana, May 1862. Said to be
the first U.S. Flag raised over
the State Capitol, Richmond,
VA, April 1865, by Federal
occupation troops.
Garrison Flag from Richmond
969.9j
First National
971.06
C.S.S. Virginia II.
971.15
Taken from the vessel by
Thomas W. Howard during
evacuation of Richmond, GA,
April 1865.
Unidentified
972.2
56th GA Infantry.
Probably postwar; ANV
974.6.1a
This flag appears to be a
reproduction passed as an
original. Said to have been
carried by the Carroll County
"Wool Hat Boys" of the 56th
Georgia Volunteers, and found
in a local courthouse.
Casket of William McComas
ANV; postwar.
Second National;
140" x 214"
First National; postwar.
Signal Flag “Guard”;
white field; red
rectangle; stencil on
hoist edge border;
48” x 71”
Postwar; ANV
976.7
977.13.2
C.S. Naval Signal Flag. Possibly
from Commodore Lynch’s
squadron.
Former Confederate Revenue
Service flag, perhaps modified
from found French ensigns at
U.S. Navy Yard in Norfolk.
Taken from unidentified C.S.
Gunboat at Roanoke Island, NC.
Likely from Commodore Lynch’s
squadron, perhaps even his
command ship.
43rd GA Infantry.
Piece of unit flag kept by Capt.
Joseph Storey, Co. G, as a
souvenir.
Signal; blue, white, and
red vertical panels; 11
stars in Latin cross;
91” x 142”, losses
AOT; 1 star r.;
9.25” x 11”, frag.
978.18.1
Miniature Flag
National Service
banner; blue star;
postwar, WWI or WWII;
silk.
n/a
979.17.1
Pickett Camp, CV
n/a
981.3
Second National
n/a
n/a
n/a
982.11
982.12.1
982.12.2
984.20.1a
2nd AR Infantry
J. Davis Monument Unveiling
Unidentified
Miniature Flag
Third National;
postwar.
Second National;
postwar.
Hardee; postwar.
Postwar ANV
Postwar.
First National; silk;
postwar?
984.20.1b
Miniature Flag
Second National; silk;
postwar?
984.20.1c
Miniature Flag
Third National; silk;
postwar?
984.20.1d
Miniature Flag
ANV; silk; postwar?
986.06
986.13.1
986.13.2
992.06.1
Unidentified
Memorial Events
Memorial Events
Flag carried on Shuttle
Columbia
Postwar.
First National; postwar.
Postwar ANV
ANV
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
994.06.1
Arctic Circle
Postwar ANV
994.08.1
C.S. Naval Flag, unknown
vessel.
First National; 11 stars;
53” x 132”
994.10.1
Awarded to Cdr. Charles Stuart
Boggs, U.S.N., as unofficial
reward for gallantry at Battle of
New Orleans, LA, April 1862.
Miniature Flag
ANV; postwar.
995.2.1
995.9.1
Kappa Alpha Order
Miniature.
Made from pieces of C.S.S.
Virginia flag.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
996.2.1
996.4.1
996.5.1
North Pole
2nd TN Cavalry*.
997.8.1
997.9.1
Captured by Capt. William H.
Scott, 1st OH Cavalry, at the
battle of Stones River, TN, Dec.
1862/Jan. 1863. Sent back to
OH.
ANV
Confederate Artillery Guidon
998.2.1
Unidentified.
998.4.1
Unidentified.
Taken at surrender of Fort
Jackson, LA, April 1862, by
Gen. Benjamin Butler.
Postwar ANV
First National; no stars
r.;
3.25” x 5”
AOT; Postwar.
AOT; Postwar.
First National; 12 stars;
49” x 88”
Postwar ANV, Var.
CS Swallowtail Guidon;
reproduction.
First National; silk;
24.5” x 48”
First National;
7 stars; possibly
modified U.S. or signal
flag;
62.5” x 95.25”
n/a
999.06.1
2nd MS Infantry, Co. G,
“O’Conor Rifles.”
First National; silk;
53.5” x 65”
999.08.1
Banner
999.11.1
15th VA Cavalry, Co. J,
“Princess Anne Cavalry”.
First National; banner;
postwar.
Silk; motto, “Liberty or
Death”;
38” x 47”
WD 001
12th VA Cavalry.
WD 004
Captured near Beverly Ford,
VA, June 1863 by Gen. Judson
Kilpatrick.
10th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Chancellorsville, VA, May 1863,
by 68th PA Infantry.
WD 008
Unidentified
Capture history unknown.
WD 009
Unidentified.
WD 010
Believed early war capture.
History unknown.
Unidentified.
Believed issued in June 1862
and captured at the battle of
Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 1862.
WD 017
13th VA Cavalry.
Captured at Hanover, PA, June
1863 by Gen. Judson Kilpatrick.
First National; 11 stars;
UD;
26” x 49.5”
ANV battle flag; orange
border;
48” x 46.5”
First National; 11 stars;
Motto stenciled in black
ink on white cloth:
“Citizen Soldiers the
Best Defenders of Our
Homes” 33” x 73.5”
First National; 11 stars;
32.5” x 50”
Magruder; red and
white field divided
diagonally;
53” x 58”.
ANV; 42” x 40”
WD 018
4th NC Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Chancellorsville, VA, May 1863
by the 7th OH Infantry.
WD 022
WD 024
21st VA Infantry.*
Used as regimental flag after
previous flag captured at
Chancellorsville, and until new
ANV flag issued fall 1864.
Captured at Battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
60th NY Infantry.
20th VA Infantry, Co. C, “Flatrock
Riflemen”.
Believe captured at Rich
Mountain, [WV] VA, July 1861.
WD 025
Unidentified
WD 029
Early war capture; capture
history unknown. According to
modern research, captured at
Logan's Crossroads/Mill Springs
by the 12th Kentucky (US).
25th VA Infantry
Captured at Philippi, WV, June
1861 by Lt. William B.
McCartney, 16th OH Infantry.
WD 030
25th VA Infantry*.
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
60th NY Infantry.
WD 033
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Sharpsburg, MD, September
1862 by Pvt. Isaac Thompson,
20th OH State Militia.
ANV; orange border;
BH;
47” x 48”.
First National; 11 stars;
oil-painted seal in
canton. Obv.: motto,
“Dulce Et Decorum Est
Pro Patria Mori.”
Rev.: seal; motto, “A
Crown for the Brave”.
55” x 65”
First National; 11 stars;
UD; motto, “Our
Rights”;
55” x 69”
First National; silk; 8
stars; gold fringe; obv.
motto, “We Choose
Our Own Institutions”;
rev. motto, “We Collect
Our Own Revenue”;
67” x 104.5”
First National; one star;
Inscription, “Virginia,”
in gold paint; 49” x
103”
ANV; 10 stars r.;
orange border; no
center star;
40” x 38”, losses
ANV;
48” x 48”, losses
WD 034
Unidentified
WD 035
Said to have been captured at
Bristoe Station, VA, October
1863 by the 2nd U.S. Army
Corps.
3rd VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
the 71st PA Infantry.
WD 036
7th VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
the 82nd NY Infantry.
WD 037
1st VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
the 82nd NY Infantry.
WD 039
11th MS Infantry
Captured at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, July 1863 by Sgt.
Ferdinando Maggi, “Garibaldi
Guards,” 39th OH Infantry.
WD 041
56th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
the 71st PA Infantry.
WD 045
38th VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Sgt. Daniel Miller, 8th OH
Infantry.
First National; 11 stars;
37” x 77”
ANV; UD;
42” x 44”
ANV; UD;
49” x 45”
ANV; UD;
45” x 45”
ANV;
Battle honors in yellow
paint, 46” x 47”
ANV; UD;
42” x 45”
ANV; UD;
45” x 46.5”
WD 048
Unidentified.
WD 049
Captured at the battle of
Logan’s Cross Roads, KY, Jan.
1862 by Robert E. Bailey, 2nd
MN Infantry.
Unidentified.*
WD 050
Captured at battle of Logan’s
Cross Roads, KY, Jan. 1862.
Identification based on modern
research. Erroneously identified
in the Register of Captured
Flags as the 18th VA Infantry
flag; however that unit was not
in KY in January 1862.
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Logan’s Cross Roads, KY,
January 1862 in Gen. Felix
Zollicoffer’s entrenchments by
the 2nd Minnesota Infantry.
WD 051
WD 052
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of
Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 1862 by
a unit under the command of
Gen. Darius N. Couch, U.S.A.
Unidentified Unit, Col. John R.
Cooke’s Brigade, NC Infantry
First National; 11 stars;
32” x 51”
First National; 11 stars;
yellow fringe;
45” x 55”
First National; 14 stars
r., 33” x 82”, losses
First National; 11 stars;
red sleeve on hoist
border;
33.5” x 62.5”
ANV;
45” x 50”
Captured at the battle of Bristoe
Station, VA, October 1863 by
the 82nd OH Infantry or the 19th
ME Infantry.
WD 053
Unidentified Unit, Col. John R.
Cooke’s Brigade, NC Infantry.
ANV battle flag;
44” x 48”, frag.
Captured at Battle of Bristoe
Station, VA, Oct. 1863, by 82nd
NY Infantry or 19th ME Infantry.
WD 054
Unidentified.
Capture history unknown.
First National; 11 stars
r.;
60” x 90”
WD 055
Unidentified.
Believed issued in June 1862
and captured at battle of
Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 1862.
WD 056
18th VA Infantry.
Magruder; red and
white field divided
diagonally; “Secesh
Battle Flag 1861”
written in ink;
51” x 57”
ANV; UD;
44” x 46.5”
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by Lt.
Charles E. Hunt, 59th NY
Infantry.
WD 059
Unidentified. Perhaps 2nd GA
Battalion*.
First National; 11 stars;
51.5” x 70”.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863.
WD 062
26th NC Infantry*
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July
1863 by the 12th NJ Infantry.
WD 063
38th NC Infantry*.
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Sgt. George H. Dore, 126th NY
Infantry.
WD 065
9th VA Infantry.
ANV;
45” x 48.5”
ANV;
47” x 47”, frag.
ANV; UD;
40.5” x 43.5”
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Pvt. John Clopp, 71st PA
Infantry.
WD 066
28th NC Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Capt. Morris Brown, Jr., 126th
NY Infantry.
ANV; BH;
48” x 49”
WD 067
8th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
16th VT Infantry.
WD 068
47th NC Infantry*.
ANV; UD;
46” x 45”
ANV;
48” x 49”
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
the 12th NJ Infantry.
WD 069
47th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Falling
Water, (WV) VA, July 1863 by
1st MI Cavalry.
WD 071
19th VA Infantry*.
ANV battle flag; BH;
UD;
46” x 46.5”
ANV; partial UD;
42” x 46”, losses
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Pvt. Benjamin Falls, 19th MA
Infantry.
WD 074
16th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Crampton’s
Pass, MD, Sept. 1862 by 4th VT
Infantry.
WD 075
55th NC Infantry
Believed captured at the battle
of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
July 1863.
WD 077
53rd VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863.
ANV battle flag; orange
border; 44” x 46”
ANV;
48” x 46.5”
ANV;
43.5” x 46.5”
WD 079
57th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 by
Pvt. Benjamin H. Jellison, 19th
MA Infantry.
WD 081
Unidentified. Possibly 47th AL
Infantry*.
ANV; UD;
43.5” x 46”, losses
ANV; orange border;
46” x 47”.
Believed captured at the battle
of Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 1862
by the 35th NY Infantry.
WD 084
11th VA Cavalry, Co. F, “Bath
Cavalry”.
Commissioned by ladies of Bath
County, VA. Manufactured by
George Ruskell, Richmond, VA.
Seal painted by Richmond artist.
Presented 1861; captured at
Battle of Philippi, [WV] VA, June
1861 by 14th OH Infantry.
WD 088
WD 089
WD 090
Unidentified. Perhaps 19th SC
Infantry.*
Captured at the battle of
Missionary Ridge, TN, Nov.
1863 by Cpl. George Greene
and Pvt. Hiram R. Howard, 11th
OH Infantry.
Possibly 41st MS Infantry*, 34th
AL Infantry* or Dent's AL
Battery*.
Captured at the battle of
Missionary Ridge, TN, Nov.
1863 by Pvt. James Walker,
31st OH Infantry.
“Ferguson’s Battery” (Capt. T. B.
Ferguson) SC Light Artillery*.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at the battle of Missionary
Ridge, TN, Nov. 1863, by the
69th OH Infantry.
VA State; silk; blue
field; gold fringe; oilpainted seal.
Obv.: VA seal and
motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
signed by
manufacturer.
Rev.: motto, “God
Protect the Right”;
presentation history;
42” x 59”
Bragg’s Corps; 12 6pointed stars;
28.5” x 65”, losses
First National; 11 stars;
white fringe;
42” x 56”, frag.
ANV; red sleeve on
hoist border;
34” x 36”, frag.
WD 092
“Semple’s Battery” (Capt. Henry
C. Semple) AL Light Artillery*.
First National; 13 8pointed stars;
42” x 68”.
Captured at Ringgold, GA, Nov.
1863 by Pvt. Phillip Goettel,
149th NY Infantry.
WD 093
Unidentified Unit, possibly
Moore’s AL Brigade* (formerly
ID’d as 24th MS Infantry*)
Captured at the battle of
Lookout Mountain, TN,
November 1863 by the 60th NY
Infantry.
WD 094
34th MS Infantry*.
WD 095
Captured at Battle of Lookout
Mountain, TN, Nov. 1863, by
Pvt. Peter Kappesser, 149th NY
Infantry.
29th MS Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Lookout Mountain, TN, Nov.
1863 by Sgt. Norman F. Potter,
149th NY Infantry.
WD 096
Unidentified Unit, Longstreet’s
Corps*.
Hardee;
Battle honors in black
paint, and remnants of
crossed cannons;
46.5” x 54”
Hardee battle flag; 30”
x 40.75”
Hardee;
31” x 41”.
ANV; orange border;
46” x 47”.
Found in evacuated
entrenchments opposite
Loudon, TN, Dec. 1863 by the
82nd IL Infantry.
WD 098
Unidentified.
Capture history unknown.
WD 100
40th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Falling
Waters, (WV) VA, July 1863 by
1st MI Cavalry.
WD 106
31st GA Infantry*
Abandoned at Battle of
Shepherdstown, [WV] VA,
September 1862.
First National; 11 stars;
54” x 78.5”
ANV; BH; UD;
45.5” x 47”
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; orange
fringe border;
52” x 51.5”, frag.
WD 109
“Wilson’s Invincibles”.
Unidentified TN Unit.
Capture history unknown. Found
in a store in Nashville, TN.
WD 111
Signal Flag.
Captured at the battle of
Catoctin Ridge, MD, Sept. 1862
by Lt. Frank N. Wicker, U.S.
Signal Corps.
WD 117
58th VA Infantry*.
Captured at battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Pvt. Christopher W. Wilson,
73rd NY Infantry.
WD 120
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Gen. David B. Birney’s Division.
WD 121
42nd VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Cpl. Charles L. Russell, 93rd NY
Infantry.
WD 122
25th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Wilderness, VA, May 1864 by
the 5th WI Infantry.
WD 124
Unidentified.
Captured at Battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Lt. George Hachenberg, 49th
PA Infantry.
First National; silk; 11
stars r.; red fringe; UD;
central seal; motto,
“Independence”
38” x 56.5”, frag.
N/A; white field with
red square in center;
41.5” x 52.5”
ANV;
44” x 42”, frag.
ANV; 11 stars r.;
45” x 46”
ANV; BH; UD;
45” x 45”
ANV; BH; UD;
43” x 47”
Second National;
12 stars r.;
65” x 69”
WD 125
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of the
Wilderness, VA, May 1864 by
Lt. Benjamin Y. Draper, 1st
Delaware Infantry.
WD 127
“Charlottesville Artillery” (Capt.
James M. Carrington’s Battery)
VA Light Artillery
WD 128
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Pvt. Michael Burke, 125th OH
Infantry.
23rd VA Infantry.
WD 130
Captured at battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Sgt. William Westerhold, 52nd
NY Infantry.
55th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of the
Wilderness, VA, May 1864 by
Sgt. William P. Thompson, 20th
IN Infantry.
WD 131
44th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle if
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Sgt. Albert Marsh, 64th NY
Infantry.
WD 132
“King William Artillery” (Capt.
William P. Carter’s Battery) VA
Light Artillery
ANV;
43” x 45.5”, losses
ANV; Battle Honors in
white paint;
46 1/4 “ x 47.5”, frag.
ANV; BH; UD;
44.5” x 47”
ANV; BH; UD;
45.5” x 47”
ANV battle flag; BH;
UD;
45” x 44”
ANV; Battle Honors in
white paint;
48” x 48”
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
the 2nd U.S. Army Corps.
WD 137
4th VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of the
Wilderness, VA, May 1864,
probably by Pvt. Benjamin
Morse, 3rd MI Infantry.
ANV battle flag; BH;
UD;
41.5” x 43”
WD 138
5th LA Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Pvt. John H. Weeks, 152nd NY
Infantry.
WD 141
“Henrico Artillery” (Capt. Alfred
R. Courtney) VA Light Artillery
ANV; 10 stars r.;
48” x 46”, frag.
ANV; Battle honors in
black paint, 44” x 48”
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Sgt. Samuel E. Viall, 19th
Massachusetts Infantry.
WD 142
26th Battalion VA Infantry*
WD 143
Captured at Battle of Cold
Harbor, VA, June 1864 by Sgt.
Terrence Begley, 7th NY Heavy
Artillery.
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of the
Wilderness, VA, June 1864 by
Gen. David B. Birney’s Division.
WD 144
17th and 23rd TN Infantry,
combined
VA State; blue field;
yellow fringe; oilpainted VA state seal
and motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
54” x 75”
N/A; blue field with red
St. George’s and St.
Andrew’s crosses
edged in white; no
stars; resembles British
Union Jack; printed;
30” x 34”.
Hardee;
37” x 40”
Captured before Petersburg,
VA, June 1864 by the 9th U.S.
Army Corps.
WD 146
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, June 1864 by
Pvt. John H. Harbourne, 29th
MA Veteran Volunteer Infantry.
WD 147
63rd TN Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, June 1864 by
Pvt. Henry W. Rowe, 11th NH
Infantry.
ANV; orange border;
48” x 47”.
ANV;
48.5” x 44.5”
WD 151
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, July 1864 by
Sgt. James S. Hill, 14th NY
Heavy Artillery.
WD 152
49th NC Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, July 1864 by
Capt. Albert D. Wright, 43rd
U.S. Colored Troops.
WD 153
47th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Weldon
Railroad, VA, August 1864 by
Sgt. Charles Brown, 50th PA
Infantry.
WD 154
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Johnson
Hagood’s Brigade, SC Infantry*.
ANV; 6 stars r.;
remnant of orange
border;
45.75” x 22”, frag.
ANV;
47” x 48.5”, losses
ANV; 10 stars r.; BH;
UD;
47” x 47”
ANV; red sleeve on
hoist border;
48” x 48”.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at the battle of Weldon Railroad,
VA, August 1864 by the 5th U.S.
Army Corps.
WD 155
WD 156
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Johnson
Hagood’s Brigade, SC Infantry*.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at battle of Weldon Railroad,
VA, August 1864 by 5th U.S.
Army Corps.
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Johnson
Hagood’s Brigade, SC Infantry,
7th, 21st, or 25th Battalion*.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at the battle of Weldon Railroad,
VA, August 1864 by the 5th U.S.
Army Corps.
ANV; blue sleeve hoist
border;
46” x 48.75”
ANV; blue sleeve on
hoist border;
45.5” x 48”.
WD 161
13th VA Infantry.
WD 162
Believed first flag made and
presented by Dolly (Mrs. A.P.)
Hill. Captured at Cedar Creek,
VA, Oct. 1864 by Sgt. David H.
Schofield, 5th NY Cavalry.
15th SC Infantry
Captured at the battle of Cedar
Creek, VA, October 1864 by
Pvt. Ira Hough, 8th IN Infantry.
WD 165
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of Fisher’s
Hill, VA, Sept. 1864 by Pvt.
George G. Moore, 11th WV
Infantry.
WD 166
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of Cedar
Creek, VA, Oct. 1864 by Pvt.
Richard Taylor, 18th IN Infantry.
WD 167
37th Battalion VA Cavalry.
Captured in Luray Valley, VA,
Oct. 1864 by 14th PA Cavalry.
WD 168
Unidentified.
WD 169
Possibly captured at Cedar
Creek.* Believed taken from
evacuated Confederate camp in
Shenandoah Valley, VA, 1864
by Pvt. James Compston, 71st
OH Infantry.
21st GA Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of Cedar
Creek, VA, Oct. 1864 by Cpl.
Frederick A. Lyon, 1st VT
Cavalry. Formerly identified as
having been captured by Capt.
Edwards, 1st VT Cavalry, Oct.
19, 1864.
ANV battle flag; silk; no
center star; no stars r.;
34” x 49”, losses
ANV; Battle Honors in
white paint, extremely
faded. 46” x 45”, frag.
ANV; white sleeve on
hoist border;
12 stars r.;
47.5” x 50.5”
First National; 13 6pointed stars;
25” x 47”
ANV battle flag; 6 stars
r.;
48” x 43”; losses
First National; 11 stars;
yellow fringe;
17.5” x 20.25”
ANV; 3 stars r.;
Battle honors in black
paint, 46” x 19”, frag.
WD 170
6th VA Cavalry.
Captured near Luray, VA, Sept.
1864 by Pvt. Philip B. Baybutt,
2nd MA Cavalry.
WD 171
34th Battalion VA Cavalry or
36th Battalion VA Cavalry*.
ANV battle flag; 3 stars
r.;
40” x 44”; losses
ANV battle flag; 47” x
45”
Captured near Woodstock, VA,
Oct. 1864 by Pvt. Edward R.
Hanford, 2nd U.S. Cavalry.
WD 174
Unidentified.
Believed captured around
Richmond, VA, autumn 1864.
WD 175
3rd VA Cavalry.
Captured near Front Royal, VA,
Aug. 1864 by Sgt. Harry J.
Mandy and Pvt. Frank Leslie,
4th NY Cavalry.
WD 176
22nd VA Infantry or 23rd
Battalion VA Infantry.
Captured near Winchester, VA,
Sept. 1864 by Pvt. George
Reynolds, 9th NY Cavalry.
WD 177
Unidentified. Possibly 6th AL
Infantry*.
Second National; no
edging on cross;
33.25” x 36”
ANV battle flag; 12
stars r.;
45” x 44.5”, losses
VA State; blue field; oilpainted seal and motto;
“Sic Semper Tyrannis”
57” x 60” r.
ANV;
51” x 50”
Captured at the battle of
Fisher’s Hill, VA, September
1864 by Pvt. John J. Creed,
23rd IL Veteran Volunteer
Infantry.
WD 178
Unidentified
Believed captured at Deep
Bottom, VA, August 1864 or the
battle of Fort Harrison, VA,
September 1864.
ANV;
46.5” x 47.5”
WD 179
Unidentified.
Believed captured at Deep
Bottom, VA, Aug. 1864 or at
battle of Fort Harrison, VA, Sept.
1864.
WD 181
WD 182
Unidentified Unit, Col. George
S. Patton’s Brigade, VA
Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Winchester, VA, Sep. 1864 by
Cpl. Chester B. Bowen, 1st NY
Dragoons.
37th VA Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864 by
Lt. Christoph Fraunberg, 20th IN
Infantry.
WD 183
6th VA Infantry.
ANV;
46.5” x 45”
Second National;
47” x 69”, frag.
ANV; 1 star r.;
Battle honors in black
paint, 20” x 40”
remnant
ANV; appliqué UD;
46.5” x 45.5”, losses
Captured at Petersburg, VA,
July 1864 by Cpl. Franklin
Hogan, 45th PA Infantry.
WD 184
WD 186
Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Robert
E. Rodes' Division
Rodes Headquarters flag, used
by July 1863. Also used as HQ
flag for Gen. Stephen Ramseur.
Captured by Pvt. Jeremiah
Parks, 9th NY Cavalry, at the
battle of Cedar Creek, Oct.
1864.
50th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of the
Wilderness, May 1864, by Pvt.
John N. Opel, 7th IN Infantry.
WD 190
49th VA Infantry*
Captured at Warrenton, VA,
April 1862 by 28th PA Infantry.
N/A; blue field; stars
forming St. Andrew’s
cross; 11 stars r.;
47” x 42”, frag.
ANV; BH; UD;
44.5” x 45.5”
First National; 8 stars;
38” x 57”
WD 193
27th VA Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Spotsylvania, VA, May 1864.
WD 195
60th VA Infantry*.
Captured at Battle of
Winchester, VA, Sept. 1864 by
Sgt. Henry M. Fox, Co. M, 5th
MI Cavalry.
WD 196
45th VA Infantry*.
WD 197
Captured at battle of
Winchester, VA, Sept. 1864 by
Cpl. Gabriel Cole, Co. I, 5th MI
Cavalry.
2nd VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of
Winchester, VA, Sept. 1864 by
37th MA Infantry.
WD 198
36th VA Infantry.
Captured in Luray Valley, VA,
Oct. 1864 by 14th PA Cavalry.
WD 199
Gen. Howell Cobb’s GA Legion,
Infantry battalion*.
ANV; 2 stars r.;
Battle honors in black
paint, 43” x 21”
remnant
ANV battle flag; 12
stars r.; BH;
46.5” x 47.5”, losses
First National; 11 stars;
white fringe;
46” x 71”
ANV battle flag;
8 stars r.; BH; UD;
42” x 44.5”, losses
VA State; blue field;
yellow fringe; oilpainted seal and motto;
“Sic Semper Tyrannis”
Obv.: BH, UD.
48” x 69”
ANV;
50” x 50”
Captured at Front Royal, VA,
Aug. 1864 by Pvt. O.S. Muldun,
Pvt. William Smith, and Pvt.
Thomas Kelly, 6th NY Cavalry.
WD 200
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Gabriel
C. Wharton’s Division, VA
Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Winchester, VA, Sept. 1864 by
George Meach, 6th NY Cavalry.
ANV; white fringe;
47.25” x 49”
WD 201
5th Battalion AL Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of Gaines’
Mill, VA, June 1862 by the 2nd
ME Infantry.
WD 202
Signal Flag.
ANV; no center star;
orange border;
40.5” x 39”, losses
N/A; white field;
47” x 60”
Captured in the Shenandoah
Valley, VA, Sept. 1864 by Gen.
Philip Sheridan’s Army.
WD 203
Unidentified Unit, Col. George
S. Patton’s Brigade, VA Infantry.
WD 205
Captured at battle of
Winchester, VA, Sept. 1864 by
Sgt. Andrew J. Lorish, 1st NY
Dragoons.
U.S. Signal Corps.
WD 207
Believed captured by
Confederate troops and later
recaptured by Federal troops
near North Mountain, MD, Aug.
1864 by Detective C.H. March.
48th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of the
Wilderness, VA, May 1864 by
Lt. Col. Albert M. Edwards, 24th
MI Infantry.
WD 210
WD 214
Unidentified Unit, Bell’s
Brigade*.
Probably Mobile Depot
manufacture. Captured at the
battle of Richland Creek, TN,
Dec. 1864 by Cpl. Harrison
Collins, 1st TN Cavalry.
Previously identified as possibly
7th TN Cavalry.
“Stanford’s Battery” (Capt.
Thomas J. Stanford) MS Light
Artillery*.
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Captured at battle
of Nashville, TN, Dec. 1864 by
Sgt. William Garnett, 41st OH
Infantry.
Second National;
47” x 67”
N/A; brown field; one
star; BH;
43” x 47.5”
ANV; BH; UD;
45” x 47”
ANV; no border; no
center star;
36” x 46.5”
AOT;
26” x 34.5”, frag.
WD 215
Unidentified.
WD 216
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Captured at battle
of Nashville, TN, Dec. 1864 by
the 117th IL Infantry.
17th AL Infantry*.
WD 218
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at battle of Nashville,
TN, Dec. 1864 by Pvt. George
W. Welch, 11th MO Veteran
Infantry.
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of Nashville,
TN, Dec. 1864 by Lt. Oliver
Colwell, 95th OH Infantry.
WD 219
WD 226
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Claudius
W. Sear’s Brigade, MS Infantry*.
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at Richland Creek,
near Nashville, TN, Dec. 1864
by Pvt. George Stokes, 122nd IL
Infantry.
4th LA Infantry, formerly
identified as 3rd KY*
Captured at Richland Creek,
TN, Dec. 1864.
WD 230
Unidentified.
Captured by Cavalry command,
Military Div. of the MS.
WD 233
“Corput’s Battery” (Capt. Max
Van Den Corput) (“Cherokee
Light Artillery”) GA Light
Artillery*.
Probably Augusta Depot
manufacture. Captured at battle
of Resaca, GA, May 1864 by 5th
OH Infantry.
AOT;
28” x 37”
ANV; 8 stars r.; BH;
rectangular field; no
border; no center star;
44.5” x 52”, losses.
Bragg’s Corps; 2 6pointed stars r.;
44” x 41”, frag.
AOT;
36” x 49”, losses
ANV battle flag;
rectangular field; no
center star; white
appliqué BH;
46” x 55”
ANV battle flag; silk; no
stars r.; rectangular
field, no edging on
cross;
43” x 56”, frag.
AOT;
29” x 40”
WD 234
WD 236
Headquarters, Gen. Jubal A.
Early.
Captured at battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Capt. Christopher C. Bruton,
22nd NY Cavalry.
Unidentified.
Captured at Battle of Resaca,
GA, May 1864 by Army of the
Cumberland.
WD 238
22nd VA Cavalry*.
Captured near Ninevah, VA,
Nov. 1864 by Sgt. Levi
Shoemaker, 1st WV Cavalry.
WD 239
19th MS Infantry*.
Captured near Willis Church,
VA, June 1862 by Col. Francis
C. Barlow, 61st NY Infantry.
WD 240
WD 241
Unidentified Unit, possibly MS
Unit, Gen. Alexander P.
Stewart’s Corps*.
Captured at the battle of
Franklin, TN, Nov. 1864 by Cpl.
Newton H. Hall, 104th OH
Infantry.
Unidentified Unit, Gen.
Alexander P. Stewart’s Corps*.
Captured at the battle of
Franklin, TN, Nov. 1864 by Cpl.
Newton H. Hall, 104th OH
Infantry.
WD 243
Unidentified.
Issued fall 1864. Captured by
Maj. Edward Mullenix,
commanding the 175th OH
Infantry.
Second National;
47” x 71”
First National; silk; 8
stars;
54” x 85”, losses
ANV battle flag; 8 stars
r.; no border; no edging
on cross; 46.5” x 48”,
losses
ANV; orange border;
BH;
48” x 47.25”
Second National; no
edging on cross; red
fringe;
51” x 77”, losses.
Second National; blue
fringe;
55” x 87”
Hardee;
29” x 36”; losses
WD 244
Unidentified.
Issued fall 1864. Captured at the
battle of Franklin, TN, Nov. 1864
by Pvt. John Ricksecker, 104th
OH Infantry.
WD 246
1st AL Infantry.
WD 249
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at the battle of
Franklin, TN, Nov. 1864 by
Capt. George V. Kelley, 104th
OH Infantry.
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. Michael Crowley, 22nd
NY Cavalry.
WD 250
Unidentified.
Captured at Battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. John Miller, 8th NY
Cavalry.
WD 252
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. Warren Carman, 1st NY
Cavalry.
WD 253
Unidentified.
WD 254
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. George Ladd, 22nd NY
Cavalry. Believed to have been
used as a hospital flag.
Unidentified Unit, VA Infantry.
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. George Ladd, 22nd NY
Cavalry.
Hardee;
29.5” x 37.5”
Second National; no
center star; blue sleeve
hoist border;
35” x 51”.
ANV;
44” x 49”, losses
Red field; possibly
hospital;
46” x 58”, frag.
ANV;
45.5” x 47”
N/A; red field;
36” x 48”, frag.
VA State; blue field; oilpainted VA state seal
and motto on both
sides; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
40” x 61”, losses
WD 255
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Lunsford
L. Lomax’s Cavalry Division*.
ANV;
47” x 48”
Captured at Charlottesville, VA,
March 1865 by Sgt. Richard
Bowey, 1st WV Cavalry.
WD 256
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Sgt. Charles A. Goheen, 8th
NY Cavalry.
WD 257
Unidentified.
Captured at Battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Lt. Andrew Kuder, 8th NY
Cavalry.
WD 258
Unidentified.
WD 260
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Maj. Hartnell Compson, 8th
NY Cavalry. Believed to have
been used as a hospital flag.
Unidentified.
N/A; blue field;
39.5” x 52”
Red field; possibly
hospital;
48” x 60”
N/A; red field;
39” x 55”, losses
N/A; red field;
46” x 88”, frag.
Captured at the battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Pvt. John Miller, 8th NY
Cavalry. Believed to have been
used as an hospital flag.
WD 261
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of
Waynesboro, VA, March 1865
by Lt. Robert Nevers, 8th NY
Cavalry.
Second National; 2
stars r.;
48” x 51”, frag.
WD 264 /WD 270
21st VA Volunteer Infantry
WD 264; Believed captured at
Fort Stedman, Petersburg, VA,
March 1865 by Cpl. Monterville
D. DeWire, 100th Pennsylvania
Infantry.
WD 270; Believed captured at
Fort Stedman, Petersburg, VA,
March 1865 by Pvt. Joseph B.
Chambers, 100th Pennsylvania
Infantry.
WD 266
Unidentified Unit, VA Infantry.
Believed captured at battle of
Petersburg, VA, March 1865.
WD 267
31st GA Infantry*.
Believed captured at Fort
Stedman, Petersburg, VA,
March 1865 by Sgt. Charles
Oliver, 100th PA Infantry.
WD 269
5th NC Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, March 1865 by
the 57th Massachusetts Infantry.
WD 273
9th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Five Forks,
VA, April 1865 by Sgt. Robert F.
Shipley, 140th NY Infantry.
WD 274
14th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Five Forks,
VA, April 1865 by the 11th PA
Infantry.
ANV; WD 264; orange
border; torn in half
diagonally; one star r.;
46 ½” x 31” frag.
WD 270; orange
border; torn in half
diagonally; three stars
r.; 27” x 38” frag.
VA State; blue field; oilpainted seal and motto
on both sides; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
55” x 64”, losses
ANV;
46.5” x 44”
ANV ; 5 stars r.;
Battles Honors, nearly
illegible and remnant
unit designation in
yellow paint.;
47” x 36”, frag.
ANV; 12 stars r.;
appliqué UD;
46.5” x 47.5”
ANV; UD;
45” x 39”, losses
WD 276
30th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Five Forks,
VA, April 1865 by Pvt. George J.
Shopp, 191st PA Infantry.
WD 278
Unidentified Unit, possibly 24th
NC Infantry, Gen. Matthew W.
Ransom’s Brigade*.
ANV; appliqué UD;
45” x 38.5”, losses
ANV; 12 stars r.;
46.5” x 46”, losses
Captured at battle of Five Forks,
VA, April 1865 by Sgt. Thomas
J. Murphy, 146th NY Infantry.
WD 279
WD 280
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Henry Wallace’s Brigade, SC
Infantry*.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at the battle of Five Forks, VA,
April 1865 by Cpl. August
Kause, 15th NY Heavy Artillery.
Unidentified Unit, NC Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. Lewis F. Brest, 57th PA
Infantry.
WD 281
49th NC Infantry*.
Captured at battle of Five Forks,
VA, April 1865 by 1st Lt. Albert
E. Fernald, 20th ME Infantry.
WD 282
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
Adelbert Everson, 185th OH
Infantry.
ANV; blue sleeve on
hoist border;
45” x 45”.
ANV; 2 stars r.;
13” x 20”, frag.
ANV;
48.5” x 49”
ANV; 8 stars r.;
48.5” x 31”, frag.
WD 283
3rd VA Cavalry*.
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
Charles N. Gardner, 32nd MA
Infantry.
WD 284
Unidentified.
WD 285
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, April 1865, by Pvt.
Joseph Stewart, 1st MD Veteran
Volunteer Infantry.
16th MS Infantry
Captured at the battle of
Hatcher’s Run, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. John W. Johnston, 12th
WV Infantry.
WD 286
WD 290
Unidentified.
ANV;
45” x 47”
Second National;
61” x 93”.
ANV;
47” x 50”
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, VA,
April 1865 by Gen. George H.
Gordon’s Corps.
N/A; red field; white
canton with blue St.
Andrew’s Cross; no
edging on cross; 13
stars;
56” x 65”
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Alfred M.
Scale’s Brigade
ANV;
46” x 49”, losses
Captured at Bush Run near
Farmville, VA, April 1865 by the
24th U.S. Army Corps.
WD 292
Hospital Flag.
Captured by Lewis Cook, 1st NJ
Cavalry. Believed to be signal
flag used as hospital flag.
WD 295
Unidentified.
Captured at Battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Lt.
Rudolph Riddell, 61st NY
Infantry.
Red field; white St.
George’s cross; “8”
stenciled on hoist edge
border;
40” x 48”, frag.
Second National;
45” x 64.5”
WD 296
57th VA Infantry*.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
William T. Holmes, 3rd IN
Cavalry.
WD 297
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Pvt. George Floyd, 122nd OH
Infantry.
WD 298
21st NC Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Cpl. Asbury Haynes, 17th ME
Infantry.
WD 299
Unidentified
ANV; 10 stars r.;
47” x 43”, losses
N/A; blue field with
white Greek cross;
53” x 58”
Second National;
46” x 71.5”
ANV; 12 stars r.;
51” x 51”
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. William Shepherd, 3rd IN
Cavalry
WD 300
Headquarters, Gen. Joseph B.
Kershaw*.
ANV;
48.75” x 47”
Captured at Sayler’s Creek, VA,
April 1865 by Cpl. Smith
Larimer, 2nd OH Cavalry.
WD 301
38th VA Infantry.
Captured at Sayler’s Creek, VA,
April 1865 by Cpl. John B.
Hughey, 2nd OH Cavalry.
WD 302
29th VA Infantry*.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Cpl.
John F. Benjamin, 2nd NY
Cavalry.
ANV; 10 stars r.; UD;
47” x 47”, losses
ANV;
44.5” x 48”
WD 304
2nd NC Cavalry*.
Captured at Namozine Church,
VA, April 1865 by Lt. Thomas
W. Custer, Co. B, 6th MI
Cavalry
WD 306
Unidentified VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Cpl.
Irvin C. Payne, 2nd NY Cavalry.
WD 308
WD 309
Unidentified. Possibly 2nd AL
Cavalry*.
Captured at battle of Paine’s
Cross Roads, VA, April 1865 by
Sgt. James K. Piersol, 13th OH
Cavalry.
Unidentified. Possibly 26th VA
Infantry*.
ANV; 11 stars r.;
47” x 48”, frag.
VA State; oil-painted
seal and motto on both
sides; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
56” x 61”, losses
ANV battle flag; 11
stars r.;
44.5” x 45”, frag.
ANV;
36” x 35.5”
Captured at the Battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Cpl. Absalom Jordan, 3rd IN
Cavalry.
WD 312
Unidentified.
Capture history unknown.
WD 314
WD 315
Headquarters, Gen. George A.
Custer, U.S.A.
Believed captured by
Confederate troops and later
recaptured at Battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865, by Maj.
John Allestron, 3rd NY Cavalry.
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Lt. John R. Norton, 1st NY
Cavalry.
N/A; red field with
remnants of horizontal
bar in center;
47.5” x 64.5”
Swallowtail; red and
blue field divided
horizontally; orange
appliqué crossed
swords;
30” x 31”, losses
ANV; 3 stars r.;
48” x 38”, frag.
WD 316
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. Samuel P. Kenyon, 24th
NY Cavalry.
WD 317
WD 318
Signal Flag.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Cpl. Elijah A. Briggs, 2nd CT
Infantry (or Heavy Artillery).
“Purcell Artillery” (Capt George
M. Cayce) VA Light Artillery
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Pvt. Isaac James, 110th OH
Infantry.
WD 319
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. John Chapman, 1st ME
Heavy Artillery.
WD 321
Unidentified.
ANV;
48” x 47”
N/A; white field with
red St. Andrew’s cross;
66” x 64”
ANV; 6 stars r.;
Battle Honors in black
paint, faded;
47” x 42.5”, losses
ANV;
47” x 48”
First National; 13 stars;
15” x 26”, losses
Believed captured during
Appomattox campaign, April
1865.
WD 322
11th VA Infantry*
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 by Lt.
Williams W. Winegar, 1st NY
Dragoons.
WD 323
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
Lewis F. Brest, 57th PA Infantry.
ANV;
48.5” x 45”, losses
N/A; red field, white
cross; no edging on
cross; 11 stars r.;
37.5” x 68”, frag.
WD 325
2nd VA Reserve*.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Lt. Thomas W. Custer, Co. B,
6th MI Cavalry.
WD 328
Unidentified.
Captured at Paine’s Cross
Roads, VA, April 1865 by Sgt.
Alexander C. Ellicott, 1st PA
Cavalry.
WD 329
Unidentified.
Believed captured at the battle
of Sayler’s Creek, VA, April
1865.
WD 330
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Cpl. Walter Lewis Mundell,
Co. E, 5th MI Infantry.
WD 331
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Pvt. Charles A Taggart, 37th
Massachusetts Infantry.
WD 333
12th NC Infantry*.
Captured at Battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865, by Sgt.
Francis M. Cunningham, 1st WV
Veteran Cavalry.
ANV;
44.5” x 46.5”
N/A; red field with
remnants of horizontal
bar in center;
47” x 56”, losses
Second National;
46.5” x 60”, frag.
ANV; remnant of
border; white fringe;
50” x 47.5”
ANV;
47” x 48.5”
ANV; 12 stars r.;
46” x 47”, losses
WD 335
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of Paine’s
Cross Roads, VA, April 1865 by
Sgt. John A. Davidsizer, 1st PA
Cavalry.
WD 336
Unidentified.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Capt.
Hugh P. Boon, 1st WV Cavalry
WD 337
10th GA Infantry*.
Second National;
canton colors reversed
(blue field, red cross);
48” x 74”
ANV battle flag; 46” x
47”, frag.
ANV; 0 stars r.;
42” x 19.5”, remnant
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Cpl.
Trustrim Connell, 138th PA
Infantry,
WD 340
35th NC Infantry
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 by Lt.
Henry G. Bonebrake, 17th
Pennsylvania Cavalry.
WD 341
24th VA Infantry.
WD 344
Captured at Sayler’s Creek, VA,
April 1865 by William M.
Houlton, 1st WV Veteran
Volunteer Cavalry, Co. F (O.R.,
Series I, Vol. 46, pt. 1, p. 1259) /
Sgt. Wm. Holton, 1st VA
Ceteran Colunteers Cavalry, Co.
F. (Rollins, The Returned Battle
Flags, p. 31).
25th and 44th TN Infantry*.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Cpl. Milton Blickensderfer, 126th
OH Infantry.
ANV;
48” x 50”
ANV; 11 stars r.; UD;
45” x 44.5”
ANV;
47.5” x 49.5”.
WD 345
WD 346
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Sgt. Wesley Gibbs, 2nd CT
Heavy Artillery.
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Charles
W. Field’s Division.
First National; 10 stars;
60” x 100”, losses
ANV; 4 stars r.;
51” x 49.5”.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign.
WD 348
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 350
Unidentified Unit, VA Infantry.
WD 351
Captured at Paine’s Cross
Roads, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
Henry C. Warfel, 1st PA
Cavalry.
Unidentified
ANV; 8 stars r.;
47.5” x 48.5”.
VA State; white fringe;
oil-painted seal and
motto; “Sic Semper
Tyrannis”
30.5” x 27.5”, losses
ANV; 44” x 45”
Believed captured during the
Appomattox campaign, April
1865.
WD 352
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of Paine’s
Cross Roads, VA, April 1865 by
Sgt. George W. Stewart, 1st NJ
Cavalry.
WD 356
Unidentified.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Captured
at Appomattox Station, VA, April
1865 by Cpl. Thomas Anderson,
1st WV Cavalry.
Second National;
46” x 70”, frag.
ANV; red sleeve hoist
border;
43.5”x 47.5”
WD 358
Unidentified.
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA April 1865
by Pvt. Samuel O. McElhaney,
2nd WV Cavalry.
WD 359
12th Battalion GA Heavy
Artillery
Captured at the battle of
Sayler’s Creek, VA, April 1865
by Capt. Edwin M. Neville, 1st
Connecticut Cavalry.
WD 360
40th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Sgt.
William P. Morris, 1st NY
Cavalry.
WD 362
WD 363
Headquarters flag, McComb’s
TN Brigade*.
Captured at the battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Cpl. Charles Marquette, 93rd PA
Infantry.
26th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, Aril 1865 by Pvt.
Coron D. Evans, 3rd IN Cavalry.
WD 366
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
ANV;
44.5” x 44”
Rectangular battle flag,
red field, white St.
Andrew’s cross, no
edging on cross, no
stars. Battle honors
stenciled in black ink,
32” x 37.5”, losses
ANV; 10 stars r.; BH;
UD;
46” x 42”, losses
Second National;
47.5” x 70”
ANV; 12 stars r.;
44” x 45”
ANV battle flag; 43” x
46”, frag.
WD 367
12th GA Infantry*.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 368
WD 369
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Henry
Heth’s Division.
Probably Charleston Depot
Manufacture. Believed captured
during Appomattox Campaign,
April 1865.
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of Five
Forks, VA, April 1865 by Cpl.
Henry Hoffman, 2nd OH
Cavalry.
WD 370
Unidentified
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 371
Unidentified.
ANV battle flag; 2 stars
r.; BH; UD;
48” x 43”, frag.
ANV battle flag;
5 stars r.;
blue sleeve on hoist
border;
30” x 40”, frag.
ANV; 10 stars r.;
48” x 44”, frag.
ANV; no stars r.;
44” x 29”, frag.
ANV; no stars r.;
25” x 21” remnant.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign.
WD 372
18th VA Infantry.
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Sgt.
Ivers S. Calkin, 2nd NY Cavalry.
WD 373
14th VA Cavalry.
Captured near Appomattox
Court House, VA, April 1865 by
Sgt. John Donaldson, 4th PA
Cavalry.
ANV; 12 stars r.;
48” x 46”, losses
ANV battle flag;
49.5” x 50.5”
WD 374
Unidentified
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865
WD 375
WD 376
Second National;
46.5” x 74”, losses
Unidentified Unit, Gen. George
E. Pickett’s Division, VA
Infantry.
Second National;
modified to ANV;
31” x 34.5”, losses
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, VA,
April 1865.
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Mahone’s Division
ANV;
45” x 45.5”
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 377
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Henry
Heth’s Division, NC Infantry*
ANV; 11 stars r.;
47.5” x 50”, losses
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 378
Unidentified.
ANV; 12 stars r.;
48” x 49”.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 379
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John B.
Gordon’s Division
ANV; 12 stars r.;
46” x 50”, losses
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 382
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
Second National; no
edging on cross;
2 stars r.;
33” x 41”, frag.
WD 383
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John B.
Gordon’s Corps.
ANV; 6 stars r.;
45.5” x 42”, frag.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, VA,
April 865.
WD 384
37th NC Infantry*.
Captured near Petersburg, VA,
April 1865 by Cpl. Richard
Welch, 37th MA Infantry.
WD 386
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Charles
W. Field’s Division.
ANV; BH;
47.5” x 47.5”
ANV;
49” x 48.5”.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 387
Unidentified.
WD 388
Captured at Appomattox
Station, VA, April 1865 by
Joseph E. Sova, 8th NY
Cavalry.
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 389
Unidentified
Captured at the battle of Paine’s
Cross Roads, VA, April 1865 by
Pvt. George W. Schmal, 24th
NY Cavalry.
WD 390
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
First National; 11 stars;
29” x 61.5”
ANV; 3 stars r.;
51.5” x 48”, frag.
ANV;
44 ¼” x 45 ¾”
ANV;
37.5” x 39.5”
WD 393
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 394
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Charles
W. Field’s Division.
ANV; 9 stars r.;
49” x 49”, losses.
ANV; 12 stars r.;
50” x 50”, losses.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 395
13th AL Infantry*.
Believed captured during
Appomattox campaign, April
1865.
WD 396
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Mahone’s Division.
ANV; one star 3; BH,
partial UD; 48.5” x 44”,
frag.
ANV;
50” x 49”
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 397
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 398
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John B.
Gordon’s Corps.
ANV battle flag; 9 stars
r.;
46” x 46.25”
ANV; 1 star r.;
47” x 49.5”, frag.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 402
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
First National; 11 stars;
32.25” x 52”
WD 403
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John B.
Gordon’s Corps.
ANV; 2 stars r.;
47” x 48”
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 404
64th GA Infantry*.
Charleston Depot manufacture,
on or after April 1863. Believed
captured during the Appomattox
Campaign, April 1865.
WD 405
41st VA infantry.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 406
Unidentified
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 407
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Charles
W. Field’s Division.
ANV; blue sleeve on
hoist border;
7 stars r.;
47” x 44”, frag.
ANV; 0 stars r.; 48” x
24”, remnant
ANV; no stars r.;
45” x 45”, frag.
ANV;
46” x 49”
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 408
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
ANV; 10 stars r.; 44” x
46”, frag.
WD 409
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Mahone’s Division
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 411
3rd AR Infantry*.
ANV; no stars;
only border fragments
remaining, 34” x 30”,
frag.
ANV;
51” x 50”
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 412
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 415
15th NC Infantry*.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 416
Unidentified.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 417
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
R. Cox’s Brigade, NC Infantry*.
ANV; 9 stars r.;
50.5” x 49.5”, losses.
ANV; BH; orange
border; 2 stars r.; 45.5”
x 39”, frag.
ANV; 7 stars r.;
46” x 50”
ANV; 2 stars r.; BH;
49” x 49”, frag.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 418
Unidentified
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
ANV; 6 stars r.;
45” x 45”, frag.
WD 419
Unidentified Unit, Gen. Charles
w. Field’s Division.
ANV;
48.5” x 49.5”
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 421
1st NC Infantry*.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 423
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John B.
Gordon’s Corps
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865
WD 424
Unidentified Unit, Gen. James
Longstreet’s Corps.
ANV; 8 stars r.; BH;
UD remnant;
48” x 48”
ANV; 9 stars r.;
Date inscription, “AP.
26 1861,” in white
paint, 43.5” x 44”,
losses
ANV; 8 stars r.;
48.5” x 49”, losses.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 425
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 426
25th Battalion VA Infantry
“Richmond City Battalion” Local
Defense Troops*.
ANV;
47.5” x 50.5”.
ANV;
44” x 47”
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by Pvt.
Frank Miller, 2nd NY Cavalry.
WD 430
18th Battalion GA Infantry,
“Savannah Volunteer Guards”*.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
ANV; blue sleeve hoist
border remnants;
0 stars r.;
27” x 25”, frag.
WD 431
13th SC Infantry*.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 432
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Mahone’s Division.
Believed captured during
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 433
33rd NC Infantry*.
Believed captured Appomattox
campaign, April 1865.
WD 436
Unidentified Unit, Gen. William
Mahone’s Division
ANV battle flag; BH;
44” x 44”, losses
ANV; 10 stars r.; no
edging on cross;
44” x 43”, losses
ANV; 8 stars r.;
BH;
48.5” x 41”, frag.
ANV; 11 stars r.;
48” x 47”, losses
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 437
12th VA Infantry.
ANV;
43.5” x 43.5”
Captured at battle of Sayler’s
Creek, VA, April 1865 by 1st Lt.
James H. Gribbens, 2nd NY
Cavalry.
WD 438
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 439
Regimental Marker.
Captured at battle of
Petersburg, VA, April 1865 by
Sgt. Frank Shubert, 43rd NY
Infantry.
ANV;
45” x 50.5”
N/A; red field, white
border and diagonals;
8.5” x 11”
WD 441
Unidentified.
Believed captured during the
Appomattox Campaign, April
1865.
WD 442
WD 445
WD 446
Unidentified Unit, Gen. John
Pegram’s Division*.
Captured near Hatcher’s Run,
VA, Feb. 1865 by Sgt. Daniel
Caldwell, 13th PA Cavalry.
Possibly Headquarters, Gen.
Samuel French, C.S.A.*;
formerly identified as
Headquarters, 5th Army Corps,
U.S.A.*
Captured at Fort Blakely,
Alabama, April 1865 by Lt. Col.
Victor Vifquain, 97th Illinois
Infantry. Currently identified,
based upon modern research,
as Gen. Samuel French's
headquarters flag. Formerly
believed captured by
Confederate troops and later
recaptured at Fort Blakely,
Alabama.
Unidentified.
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at Fort Blakely, AL,
April 1865 by Cpl. Samuel
McConnell, 119th IL Infantry.
WD 447
Unidentified.
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at Fort Blakely, AL,
April 1865 by Capt. Henry A.
Miller, 8th IL Infantry.
WD 450
Unidentified Unit, TX Cavalry,
Ector’s TX Brigade*.
Captured at Spanish Fort, AL,
April 1865 by Sgt. Edgar A.
Bras, 8th IA Infantry.
ANV; no stars r.; only
hoist border and part of
upper border r.;
47” x 17.5”, frag.
First National;
5 stars r.;
45” x 39”, frag.
AOT HQ division,
spring 1864;
swallowtail; blue field;
white Maltese cross;
30.5” x 48”.
ANV; rectangular field;
no center star; no
border;
41.5” x 55”.
ANV; rectangular field;
no center star; no
border;
44” x 50”
ANV;
50” x 48.5”
WD 451
Unidentified.
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at Fort Blakely, AL,
April 1865 by Pvt. John H.
Callahan, 122nd IL Infantry.
WD 452
Unidentified.
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured at Fort Blakely, AL,
April 1865 by Pvt. John
Whitmore, 119th IL Infantry.
WD 454
WD 455
Possibly 29th NC Infantry or
Unidentified MS Unit*.
Found after capture of Spanish
Fort, AL, April 1865 by 3rd Div.,
16th U.S. Army Corps.
Unidentified Unit, TX Cavalry*.
Found after the capture of
Spanish Fort, AL, April 1865 by
the 3rd Div., 16th U.S. Army
Corps.
WD 458
7th AL Cavalry*.
WD 461
Mobile Depot manufacture.
Captured in the streets of
Columbus, GA, April 1865 by
Sgt. Harman F. Bates, 4th IA
Cavalry.
Unidentified.
WD 463
Captured Columbus, GA, April
1865 by Pvt. Richard Cogsriff,
4th IA Cavalry.
Naval Signal Flag, “No. 8”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
WD 464
Naval Signal Flag, “1st
Repeater”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
ANV; rectangular field;
no center star; no
border;
45.5” x 56”.
ANV; rectangular field;
orange border;
39” x 47.75”
Second National;
no edging on
cross;
white fringe;
53” x 85”
ANV; 1 star r.;
50” x 43.5”, frag.
ANV; rectangular field;
no center star; no
border;
35” x 43”, frag.
AOT battle flag;
38.5” x 58”,
fragmentary
N/A; blue and white
field divided hiagonally;
“8” stenciled in black
ink;
41.5” x 63”, losses
N/A; white field with
red rectangle at hoist
end; “1st Repeater”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge;
50” x 104”
WD 465
Naval Signal Flag, “No. 3”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
WD 466
WD 467
Naval Signal Flag, “2nd
Repeater”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
British Red (Merchant) Flag.
Capture history unknown.
WD 468
Unidentified.
WD 470
Captured in a train at the
Macon, GA, railroad depot, April
1865 by Pvt. Reuben Phillips,
17th IN Mounted Infantry.
Naval Signal Flag, “No. 2”.
WD 471
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Unidentified
Capture history unknown.
WD 473
Naval Signal Flag “Answering”.
WD 474
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
N/A; white and red
field, divided
diagonally; “3”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge;
43” x 66.5”
N/A; blue field with
white rectangle at hoist
edge; “2nd Repeater”
stenciled in black ink;
50” x 98.5”
N/A; red field with
canton resembling
British Union Jack; no
stars;
56” x 114”
N/A; red rectangular
field with blue “square”
St. Andrew’s cross in
center; 13 stars;
39” x 72”
N/A; red field with
white horizontal bar in
center; “2” stenciled in
black ink on hoist
edge;
43.5” x 57”.
Second National;
50” x 80”, frag.
N/A; white field with
red vertical bar in
center;
“Answering” stenciled
in black ink;
53.75” x 98.5”
N/A; pennant; yellow
and blue field, divided
vertically;
39” x 153”, frag.
WD 475
Naval Signal Flag, “Meal”.
WD 476
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Garrison Flag, Columbus, GA
WD 477
WD 478
WD 479
WD 480
WD 481
Captured near Columbus,
Georgia, April 1865 by Sgt. H. L.
Birdsall, 3rd Iowa Cavalry.
Naval Signal Flag,
“Preparatory”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag, “3rd
Repeater”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag,
“Interrogatory”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag, “Church”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag, “2nd
Repeater”.
Taken from Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
WD 482
Naval Signal Flag, “Guard”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
N/A; pennant; blue
field; “Meal” stenciled
in black ink on hoist
edge;
48” x 95”
Second National;
104” x 155”, losses
N/A; pennant; white
field with three blue
alternating vertical
bars; “Preparatory”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge;
53” x 100”
N/A; pennant; white
field with blue
rectangle at hoist end;
“3rd Repeater”
stenciled in black ink;
48” x 98”
N/A; pennant; red field;
“Interrogatory”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge;
48” x 80”, losses.
N/A; white field with
red Latin cross,
“Church” stenciled in
black ink on hoist edge
border;
40.75” x 97.5”
N/A; pennant; blue
field; “2DP” stenciled
on hoist edge border;
28” x 72”
N/A; white field with
red rectangle; “Guard”
stenciled in black ink
on hoist edge;
40” x 68”
WD 483
Naval Signal Flag, “M”.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
WD 484
C.S.S. Jackson.
Captured at Columbus, GA,
April 1865 by the 1st Brigade,
4th Div., U.S. Cavalry Corps.
WD 485
Naval Signal Flag, “M”.
WD 486
Taken from Confederate
gunboat Jackson on
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Naval Signal Flag.
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
WD 487
WD 489
65th GA Infantry, Co. C, “Dixie
Rangers” *.
Captured near Barnesville, GA,
April 1865 by detachment of the
4th IN Cavalry.
1st GA Reserve Infantry or 3rd
GA Reserve Infantry*.
N/A; blue field; “M”
stenciled in black ink;
42.5” x 63.5”
Second National;
50.5” x 69”, frag.
Pennant;
blue, white, and red
field, horizontal bars;
61.5” x 90.75”
N/A; swallowtail; blue
and yellow field,
divided vertically;
53” x 88.5”, losses
First National;
12 stars; yellow fringe;
NOT silk; UD;
35” x 72”
ANV; no border;
45” x 48.5”, losses
Surrendered at Fort Macon, GA,
May 1865, by Col. John B.
Cumming to Lt. H. McDowell,
17th IN Mounted Infantry.
WD 490
Naval Signal Flag, “Cornet”.
WD 491
Taken from the Confederate
gunboat Jackson on the
Chattahoochee River, GA, May
1865.
Unidentified Artillery.
Captured at Hatcher’s Run, VA,
April 1865 by Cpl. Adam White,
11th WV Infantry.
N/A; white field, four
red Greek crosses;
“Cornet” stenciled in
black ink;
44.5” x 75.5”
ANV; no border;
34” x 34”, losses
WD 494
WD 498
n/a
WD 506
Camp Moore, LA
Captured at Camp Moore,
Louisiana, on the New Orleans
and Jackson Railroad, October
1864 by Gen. A. L. Lee’s
Cavalry.
Headquarters, Chief Engineers,
A.N.V.
Captured April 1865 by Pvt.
William J. Brewer, 2nd NY
Cavalry.
Unidentified C.S. Naval
Blockade Runner
First National; 13 stars
r.; Believed modified
from a United States
National flag;
73” x 101”, losses
N/A; red field; yellow
appliqué inscription;
44” x 68”
Second National;
103” x 162”, losses
Found in a blockade runner at
Wilmington, NC, February 1865
and preserved by Maj. S. M.
Letcher, Chief of Cavalry,
Department of NC, July 1865.
WD 512
Garrison Flag, Savannah, GA.
Captured at Savannah, GA,
Dec. 1864 by the 2nd Div., 20th
U.S. Army Corps.
n/a
WD 514
Garrison Flag, Savannah, GA
Captured at Savannah, Georgia,
December 1864 by the 2nd
Division, 20th U.S. Army Corps.
WD 516
11th AL Infantry*.
Captured at battle of Charles
City Cross Roads, VA, June
1862 by Cpl. Charles
Shambaugh, 11th PA Reserves.
WD 517
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd
Army Corps, U.S.A.
Picked up on the battlefield by
the 16th KY Infantry.
N/A; red field; white
appliqué depicting GA
state seal, an arch over
three pillars;
136” x 187”
First National;
11 stars;
102” x 172”
ANV; orange border;
BH;
45” x 46”
N/A; blue field; two
white appliqué shields
with yellow paint
border;
56” x 53”, losses
WD 526
5th VA Cavalry.
Captured at Aldie, VA, June
1863 by Cpl. Ordway, 1st MA
Cavalry.
WD 528
14th VA Cavalry.
Captured at battle of Ninevah,
VA, Nov. 1864 by Pvt. James F.
Adams, 1st WV Cavalry.
WD 529
WD 532
Possibly Headquarters, Gen.
Cantey or Shelley, Stewart’s
Corps, C.S.A.*; formerly
identified as Headquarters, 3rd
Division, 5th Army Corps,
U.S.A.*
Issued 1864. Captured at the
battle of Nashville, Tennessee,
December 1864 by Cpl. James
W. Parks, 11th Missouri Infantry,
U. S. A. Currently identified,
based upon modern research,
as Cantey's or Shelley's
headquarters, Walthall's
Division, C.S.A. Formerly
believed captured by
Confederate troops and later
recaptured at the battle of
Nashville.
Headquarters, Gen. Randall L.
Gibson*
WD 533
Captured at Battle of Nashville,
TN, Dec. 1864, by Pvt. Daniel J.
Holcomb, 41 OH Veteran
Volunteer Infantry.
Unidentified.
WD 536
Captured during raid on Macon
and Atlanta Railroad, GA, July
1864 by Gen. Edward McCook’s
1st Cavalry Div.
Unidentified.
Capture history unknown.
ANV;
42.5” x 43”
VA State; oil-painted
seal; UD; motto, “God
armeth the patriot”;
seal; motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
32” x 48”
AOT HQ brigade,
spring 1864;
swallowtail; white field;
blue Maltese cross;
22.5” x 36”
AOT HQ, spring 1864;
silk; red and blue field,
divided horizontally;
red fringe;
18” x 16.5”
N/A; red field, white
canton; 4 8-pointed
stars; motto, “Our
Country & Our Rights”;
35.5” x 68”
N/A; blue field;
25.5” x 34”
WD 539
4th VA Cavalry*.
WD 540
Captured at Battle of
Williamsburg, VA, May 1862, by
Pvt. Samuel Coskey, 1st U.S.
Cavalry.
Unidentified Unit.
Flag brought from Richmond,
VA, April 1865 by President
Abraham Lincoln’s son, Tad.
WD 545
Unidentified VA.
Believed flown over a
government building, Richmond,
VA, during war.
VA State; blue field;
gold fringe; oil-painted
seal and motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
26” x 26”
ANV;
46” x 47”
VA State; blue field;
gold fringe; oil-painted
seal and motto; “Sic
Semper Tyrannis”
57” x 83”