- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Laurinburg NC
"Oh, how it thrilled the heart of a soldier, when he had been long away from the army, to catch sight again of his red battle flag, upheld on its staff of pine, its tatters snapping in the wind! A red rag, (there be those who will say),-a red rag tied to a stick, and that is all! And yet - that red rag, crossed with blue, with white stars sprinkled the cross within, tied to a slim, barked pine sapling, with leather thongs cut from a soldiers shoe, this rough red rag my soul loved with a lover's love."
Berry Benson, 1st South Carolina Inf.