Here some stuff from my Richmond Howitzers file.
(I have not checked the sources on this , Tom)
Lee: With photos. and with maps by Samuel H. Bryant - Page 587
by Clifford Dowdey, Samuel H. Bryant - United States - 1965 - 781 pages
In other units, like the Second Company of the Richmond Howitzers, the flag was
cut up into pieces about four by six inches and distributed among the men.
(I have not found a copy of the book or photo, Tom)
Historical notes on Amelia County, Virginia - Page 144
by Kathleen Halverson Hadfield, William Cary McConnaughey, Amelia County Historical Committee - Amelia County (Va.) - 1982 - 593 pages
John Syme Fleming, left, served with the Richmond Howitzers. ... photograph is
inscribed “We have the old battle flag of the 1st - It was never surrendered.
Some books that might be of interest on Richmond Artillery (Howitzers). (These or some more my be on google books by now, have not checked. Tom)
1861 to 1865 Personal Recollections and Experiences in the Confederate Army by an "Old Johnnie" by Captain James Dinkins
A Calendar of Confederate Papers Confederate Memorial Literary Society by Douglas Southhall Freeman
The Confederate Veteran Magazine 1920 Vol. 28
Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865 by Carlton McCarthy & WM. L. Sheppard, Esq (2nd Co. Richmond Howitzers)
Richmond Howitzers in the War four years campaigning with the Army of Northern Virginia by a member of the Company
Happy Trails!
Tom Martin