Hayes Lowe
Illinois holdings revisited.
Fri Jun 15 16:57:06 2001
Here are the Confederate flags that Illinois admits to having:
66th Georgia [Infantry?]
Madison Light Artillery Battery, Louisiana
Unk. Missouri Guard unit
46th Mississippi Infantry
Robertson Cavaliers [unit origin unk.]
Barlow's Louisiana Batttery
Garrison flag of Fort Blakely, Mobile, Alabama
32nd Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry [disputed on this board]
3rd Louisiana Volunteers, the 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles, the 4th Arkansas Volunteers, 21st Arkansas Volunteers or the 14th Arkansas Volunteers
That's a pretty long list right there. Now, as to Union flags, the Illinois Archives has *many*. I have not been able to ascertain just how many, but it is a *lot*!
I think that my eye witness saw the whole lot of flags (Union and Confederate) together in the warehouse and took them all to be Confederate (I think that I previously mentioned that some were furled and some were in tubes).
However, there *were* definitely more Confederate flags in the Archive's possession (according to the witness). He unequivocally stated that he *knew* of multiple flags that had been misappropriated as personal property by various officials over the years. An early listing by the C.C.C. would by very interesting to acquire!
Re: Illinois holdings revisited.
Ken, Fri Jun 15 17:39
Re: Illinois holdings revisited.
Ken, Fri Jun 15 17:47
Yes, all of the Confederate and some of the Union. n/t
Hayes Lowe, Sat Jun 16 07:21
Flag held in Illinois
Tom Marcet, Tue Jun 19 22:07
Plus one more Confederate flag.
Hayes Lowe, Fri Jun 15 17:02