Henry Seale
40TH Ala. Inf. Regt. Flag
Mon Jan 15 20:19:55 2001


There were only two flags of the 40TH that I am aware of and the ADAH has both of them. The first was a fifteen star St. Andrews cross battle flag that was presented to the regiment at Mobile in 1862. How this flag escaped capture at Vicksburg is a mystery to me. Possibly it was captured and later returned to the state after the war, but I am under the impression that it was not. The story of this flag is very vaugue. It has an attached streamer, if I remember correctly, that says "Vicksburg". I have an illustration of it from the ADAH. The second flag was issued to the regiment I am certain at Dalton, Georgia while they were in winter quarters. I have contemporary writtings to support this. It also is in possesion of the ADAH. It was a rectangular St. Andrews cross flag with 12 stars and the battles of Deer Creek and Vicksburg noted on it. The regiments latter battles were never added. At the consolidation into the 19TH Ala. in North Carolina on 09 April 1865 it was given to Lt.Col. E.S. Gulley who had commanded the 40TH since January 1865. In later years it was donated to the ADAH.

• 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