The reference appears in Gregory C. White's book, A History of the 31st Georgia Infantry, p. 13, which cites the following passage from Isaac G. Bradwell's "Under the Southern Cross" in Confederate Veteran magazine, vol. 33 (1925), p. 182: "One large company of the regiment from Pulaski County, Ga., under Capt. Warren D. Wood, at first had its own flag, presented before it left home, a beautiful green silk Georgia State flag, with the coat of arms of the State on one side. The color bearer was Russian, or Polish, Jew, who had belonged to the Russian army, and wore his tall black bearskin cap, which gave him a commanding appearance and made him look much taller than he really was. But as the regiment did not need this extra standard, it was displayed only on dress parade." Greg White stated that this individual "appears to have been Private Jacob Louis, a native of Poland. Some records indicate the farmer was Prussian."