Hayes Lowe
40th Inf., 42nd Inf., and 12th Miss. & Ala. Cav.
Mon Jan 15 18:27:02 2001


A flag of the 42nd sold last year (1999/2000) to a private individual for over $300,000. Original asking price was around $125,000.

A flag of the 40th sold last Spring on eBay to a private individual for about $3,000. It was marketed as possibly original/possibly a vet reunion flag. However, it appears to be the missing flag from Vicksburg. (read ADAH's history of the 40th's flag very carefully...I don't believe that ADAH has the flag presented at Vicksburg)

The flag of the 12th Miss. and Ala. Cav. (aka 16th Confederate Cav.) was in the hands of the flag-bearer sometime after the turn of the century. A photo was published in "Conf. Vet. Magazine" of a reunion of the 12th with the flag behind the group of vets. Official records indicate that the flag was captured almost simultaneously at two different locations, but the flag-bearer says it was never captured...hmmm. A Medal of Honor was issued for the Selma capture; the other flag was supposedly captured at Ft. Blakely. I have found no record of return of the two "captured" flags, or any information of what happened to them (but, I haven't looked very much, either).

• 40TH Ala. Inf. Regt. Flag — Henry Seale, Mon Jan 15 20:19
• 40th flag — Hayes Lowe, Mon Jan 15 21:53
• Flags of the 40th — Dave Neel, Thu Jan 18 04:02
• 40th's flags — Greg Biggs, Mon Jan 22 02:37
• Flags of Moore's Brigade (Hardee Patern?) — Henry Seale, Mon Jan 22 18:55
• flags of Moore's Brigade — Greg Biggs, Mon Jan 22 23:48
• And that makes *four* 40th flags! — Hayes Lowe, Wed Jan 24 14:14
• and that makes *four* 40th Alabama flags — Greg Biggs, Wed Jan 24 14:22
• Even so, would still leave a 3rd flag to be explained away. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Jan 24 14:42
• even so that would still leave a 3rd flag to be explained — Greg Biggs, Wed Jan 24 15:09
• I wish that I could! — Hayes Lowe, Wed Jan 24 16:25
• More on 40th flag. — Hayes Lowe, Thu Jan 18 14:51
• More on the 40th's Flags — Dave Neel, Thu Jan 18 22:21
• 40th Flag — Hayes Lowe, Thu Jan 18 23:08
• Whoa! Is the ADAH 40th flag a fake?! — Hayes Lowe, Thu Jan 18 23:17
• Still Yet Even More on the 40th's Flags — Dave Neel, Fri Jan 19 06:03
• This is an exciting revelation! — Hayes Lowe, Fri Jan 19 07:03
• sans serif and flags/knives — William Alford, Sat Jan 20 23:08
• Sans serif — Hayes Lowe, Wed Jan 24 06:39
• 40TH Ala. Flag — Henry Seale, Fri Jan 19 16:34
• 40th Flag — Hayes Lowe, Fri Jan 19 16:59
• 40TH Ala. Flag/Captures at Vicksburg — Henry Seale, Fri Jan 19 18:06
• 40th flag — Hayes Lowe, Fri Jan 19 20:41
• Oh! And... — Hayes Lowe, Fri Jan 19 20:43
• More on Vicksburg — Dave Neel, Fri Jan 19 19:37
• more on Vicksburg — Greg Biggs, Mon Jan 22 02:42
• Vicksburg flags. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Jan 24 14:17
• Vicksburg flags — Greg Biggs, Wed Jan 24 14:30
• 40TH Ala. Flag — Henry Seale, Tue Jan 16 06:41