Hello,

With Ken's help and the help of the curator at Appomattox, this flag is indeed the one taken by a young George Custer at Williamsburg. Based on the research that I did only two of the Confederate regiments there attacked the Federal lines - the 5th NC, who lost their ANV silk flag (this was the one mistakenly sent to Arkansas after the war) - and the 24th Virginia Infantry. This flag is from the latter regiment but I am not sure if it was being used as the regimental banner or came from one of its component companies.

It is a VA militia era flag which can be proven by the presence of the Federal eagle around the VA coat of arms.

There are some post-war newspaper articles that describe this flag to a "T" as having been the one donated by Mrs. Libby Custer and having been taken at Williamsburg. The book on this battle is the source for only two CS regiments attacking there.

Greg Biggs