tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37006595.post6722609571942144989..comments2024-03-27T19:17:57.221-04:00Comments on Looking for the Confederate War: The Most Recognizable Flags in the Confederacy?Michael C. Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18023085357547254423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37006595.post-24051404209494375982018-06-07T15:54:20.142-04:002018-06-07T15:54:20.142-04:00I also forgot to mention that after hearing in you...I also forgot to mention that after hearing in your interview that you would have liked to have seen the new flags issued just before Mechanicsville. I haven't had any luck yet, but I'm looking into a few sources to see if I can figure out what those flags might have looked like for you.Sgt Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959217958633425220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37006595.post-6502505714016106412018-06-07T14:43:46.027-04:002018-06-07T14:43:46.027-04:00I enjoyed your blog post about these colors, and h...I enjoyed your blog post about these colors, and have a few thoughts to share with you. A friend of mine had a relative in this brigade (he's read your book on them, and we've both listened to your interview on Civil War Talk Radio about the book). A couple of years ago I began making a copy of one of these flags (the 33rd's) for my friend, and while doing so I gathered quite a lot of research on these flags from the brigade, but also on a number of other regiments in the Confederate army that used the same style, but are not as well known.<br /><br />One brigade that was issued a similar pattern was McGowan's SC brigade (commanded at Gettysburg by Col. Perrin). Some very noted flag historians have come across evidence that the brigade was issued similar flags around the time of Chancellorsville if I remember correctly. Of those units (1st SC PACS, 1st SC Rifles, 12th, 13th, & 14th SC) it is very hard to find correct information on those colors...there are some reproductions by a few companies that do not make them correctly, but images of the originals are hard to come by. What is now believed to be this pattern issued to the 13th SC is at the MOC and can be seen here http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/3B7274B6-86B6-4867-9F81-564528396845 The painting is very faint, but it matches the pattern...and matches yet another brigade that was issued this style at the same time.<br /><br />The third brigade to get issued this style was Kershaw's SC brigade...and in this case they were issued just after Chancellorsville (2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 15th SC, & 3rd SC Battalion). Glenn Dedmondt writes a little about these flags in "The Flags of Civil War South Carolina." They are also hard to find, but some images exist, and Ive seen a couple in person. The flag of the 3rd SC is in the Relic Room in SC, as is the flag of the 8th SC. I'm not sure what became of the flag for the 7th SC offhand, and it was uncertain if the 3rd SC Battalion was issued one, but there is a mention of it in a first hand account quoted in the book "Shock Troops of the Confederacy." The flag believed to be this pattern for the 15th SC is at the MOC and can be seen here http://moconfederacy.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/E69C16F9-59CF-4C37-BB3B-040335856136 The final flag from this batch (that of the 2nd SC) has a much more complicated story. It was captured by members of my relative's brigade (1st brig, 1st div, 19th Corps) at Cedar Creek. The Col. who turned it over to the war dept. cut 25% of the flag off to keep as a souvenir. Years later, the War Dept loaned the flag to the same Col. who cut the rest of it up and gave it to friends. On the 1905 list of colors returned it was listed as missing. One fragment (about 25% of the flag) was auctioned a few years ago, and has evidence of the same style scalloped block lettering for battle honors.<br /><br />So long story short, the Branch's Brigade flags are some of the most well known flags today, but it seems because not many people are aware that at least 2 (and maybe more) other brigades had the same style, but most have been lost or forgotten about.Sgt Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959217958633425220noreply@blogger.com