Don
Re: 48th Illinois
Tue Apr 17 02:29:17 2001


I know that colonel Oliver said in his report that they where smith and wesson rifles but they didnt make a rifle as far as I know. So he had to have made a mistake and that leads me to believe that he meant the wesson Breechlaoder. As far as the flags go, Im sure you are right. Im on shaky ground when it comes to this battle and for some reason that popped in my head. I would be interested in knowing who the other units where that lost there flags and knowing with out a doubt that the 48th did indeed take the flag.Believe me new information on the 48th is getting harder and harder to find. I do have information that I do not put my site becuase of a book that I have in the planning stag (That might be where it stays..ha! ha!) but I would love to add what information I learn about the flag to it.