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I came across this article in the 1893 Confederate Veterans magazine. It contains a list of CS Flags that were captured and who captured them. Its a very interesting list and massive, is one of your ancestors listed?

CONFEDERATE FLAGS AT WASHINGTON.
The following list of flags in the War Department at Washington will he perused with interest. They were nearly all captured in battle, and the hero is given in every known instance. Every fellow who captured a Confederate flag in battle was a hero, and the Confederate Veteran magazine is pleased to give the credit. Abbreviations are made from the Government report, which was kindly procured by Mr. K. F. Dahlgren, of Atlanta. It is suggested that co-operative action be had at the Birmingham reunion in behalf of restoring these flags to the survivors of the commands surrendering them. This list to be completed in September. Fifth Ala. Reg., by 111th Pa., at Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3, 1863. Sixth Ala. Reg., by B. F. Davis, 22d Mass. Eleventh Ala. Reg., by Isaac Springer, at Newmarket Roads. Eleventh Ala. Inf.. by 57th N. V. Thirteenth Ala. Reg., by Co. ('.. 1st Del. Fourteenth Ala. Reg. Sixteenth Ala. Reg., by A. Greenawalt, Co. G., 104th Ohio. Eighteenth Ala. Reg., by Lieut. S. F. Josselyn, 13th 111., at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 186 Thirty-eighth Ala., at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, by 2d Ohio Reg. Thirty-eighth Ala. Reg., al Resacca, May 15, 1864, by ('apt'. Box., Co. I>. 27th [nd. 'Forty-first Ala., by Corp. F. W. Lutes, Co. I». 111th N. V.. Petersburg. March 31, 1865. Forty-eighth Ala. Colors of Clanton's Ala. Brig., by 2d [nd. Cav., near Montgomery, Ala., April 12, 1865. Sixth Ark., by Sergt. John W. Dean, Co. ('.. 17th [nd., al Macon. < ra. Eighth and Nineteenth Ark. Regs. Sixth and Seventh Ark., by private Henry D. Mattingly, Co. F.. K'th K\ Reg., at Jonesboro, Sepl L,
1864. Thirtieth Ark. Rig., at Murfreesboro, Feb., 1863, by Gen, A. < > . McCook. Thirtieth Ark., inscribed, " Farmington, Miss. ; Richmond, Ky." Blue Bag with white cross. First Ark, Reg, Art., by 1 1th Mich., near Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1. 1864, Second Florida, sixth Florida, by Private Otis Smith. Co. G, 95th Ohio, at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Per. in. 1864. Eighth Fla., by Sergt. T. Horan, 72d N. V. Again. Eighth Fla.. battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by 1st Sergt. A. A. Clapp, Co. G, 2d Ohio. Eleventh Fla.. at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, by 1st Lieut. A. T. Lamfere, Co. B, 1st Conn. Cav. ' Eighteenth Fla., at Sailor's (reek. April 6, 1865, by Private Daniel Woods, Co. K. 1st Va. Cav. Apalachicola ( ruards, First Ga. Res., at Cheat River, Va., July 13, 1861, bv (apt. Blake, 9th [nd. Reg. 'Second Ga. Bat., by Patrick McCran, Co. C, 3d Md. This flag has 28 bullet holes in it. and three tin the staff. Se\ enth Ga. Reg. Twelfth Ga., at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, by 102d N. Y. Fourteenth Ga. Reg.
Fifteenth Ga., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by Sergt. .lames Thompson, Co. ('. 1st Pa. Sixteenth Ga. Reg., in attack on Fort Sanders. Tenn.. Nov. 1863. Eighteenth Ga., by Private I "hick Crocker, Co, M. 6th Mich. (av. Nineteenth Ga. Reg., Pee. 13, l s <>2. by Private Jacob Cart. Co. A, 7th Pa. Twenty-first Ga., Thirty-fifth Ga. Reg. Fortv-i'ourth Ga., at Cedar Creek. Oct. 19, 1864, by Chief Bugler S. M. Wells. 6th N. V. Cav. Forty-fourth Ga. Reg., May 10, 1864, by 43d N. V. Forty-fifth Ga. Forty-eighth Ga., by Sergt. -lames Wiley,59th N. V. Forty-ninth < ra. Fiftieth Ga., by Corp. John Keough, Co, F. 67th Pa., at Sailor's Creek. Va.. April 6, 1865. Sixtieth Ga. Seventy-sixth Ga. Keg , at Sailor's Creek. April <i. I860, by Emisire Shahan, Co. A. 1st Va. Stars and bars, at Crampton'e Pass, Md., by 1th N. .1. Benjamin Infantry, organized April 14. 1861, Clayton County, Ga., inscription. "Strike tor your altars and your firesides," in raid on Macon Railroad. August 20, 1864. star- and bars, Georgia coat of arms. Eighth Louisiana Reg., at Rappahannock Station. Va.. Nov. 7. 1863, by Sergt. Otis C. Roberts, 6th Maine Reg., in a hand-to-hand tight on the trenches. Second Louisiana. Mav 12, L 864, near Spottsylvania, Va.. by Sergt. C IP Fasnacht, Co. A. 99th Pa. Twelfth La., July 20, 1864, at battle of Peach Tree Creek. Ga., by 105th 111. Reg. Thirteenth' La., Mav 12, 1864, bj S< rgt. Win. Jones Co. A. 73d N. V. Twenty-fourth I. a., by 1st Lieut Win. S. Simmons, Co. C, 11th Mo., at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Pee. 10, 1864. Washington Artillery, in battle of Appomattox Station. April 8, 1865, by Lieut. Barney shields. Co. F. 2d Va. Cav. Sixth Ky. Reg., by Co. G, K'th Mich. Reg., at J< l.om. Sept. 1, 1864. First Miss. Keg., at Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864, by Private Dennis Buckley, Co. G, 136th N. Y. Second Miss., by Sergt. Evans, and kepi two days by him while a prisoner. Eighth Miss., by Private Richard Mangnum, 1 ImIi N. V.. April 'J. I860. Twelfth Miss. Cav., at Selma. Ala.. April 2, 1865, by Private .James P. Miller. Co. P. 1th la. Cav. Eleventh Mi--.. Selma. Ala.. April •_'. 1865, by Private Charles A. Swan. Co. K.. 4th la. Cav. Seventeenth Mi— . Col. Holder. Nineteenth Miss. Thirty-third Miss. Keg., by 26th Wisconsin Reg., at Peachtree Creek. Ga., .Inly 20, 1864. Forty-fourth Miss., by Corp. Luther B. Kaltenbach, Co. F, 12th la , at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville. Tenn . Pee. 16, 1864. Forty-eighth Miss., in battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864, by 12th N. .1. Wigfall Ritles. Jeff. Davis, Southern Confederacy, by Co. F. 9th Ohio, at Mill Springs, Ky. Yallabusha Ritles. at Mill Springs, Ky.. .Ian. 19, 1862, by Corp. Albert Essen. Co G, 2d Minn. Tenth Mo. Rat., at Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865 by Private John Kinney. 4th la. Cav.
Kir-t N. I Reg . by Private Geo. W. Harris, Co. B, 148th Pa., May 12, 1864. at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by PriJosenh Kimball, < o, B, 2d W. Va. Cav. - enth N I , at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by John I'.. Maybeny, Co. F, 1st Del. Twelfth N. C, by Sergt. E. D. W Ibury, Co. E, l-l Vt. Cav. Thirteenth V i ". again. Thirteenth N. C, May 6, 1864, by Sergt. S. Rought,
A. l ll-i Pa. ith N. ( . Reg., in engagement near Malvern Hill. Va., July 28, 1864, by Private Timothy Connors, E, l-i U.S. Cav hteenth N. C, near Petersburg, Va., April 2, , by Private Frank Fesy, I o A. 10th N. J. Sixteenth N. ('.. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 1 Itli ( !onn. Twenty-second N. C, by Private Michael McDonough, r_'il X. V. inscribed, "Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Chancellorsville, Sharpsburg, Frazier's Farm, Cedar Mountain, Manassas, Fredericksburg." Twenty-fourth X. C, Aug. 21, 1864, by Private .1. A. Read, 11th Pa. Twenty-third X. C. Reg., at Gettysburg, Pa., July "2,
1863. Twenty-sixth X. C. Reg., at Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27. 1864, by Sergl Alonzo Smith, 7th Mich. Twenty-eighth X. C. Reg., May 12, L864, by Capt. .1. M. Kendig, Co. A. eel Pa. Thirtieth X. C, May 12, L864, at the battle of the Wildei Twenty-eighth X. c. Reg., near Malvern Hill, Va., July 28, 1864, by Private Samuel Malleck, Cb. [,9th i Cav. Twenty-eighth N. C. Reg., Wilcox's l>iv. Thirtiet h X. < '. again. A haul, flag, May 6, 1864, by Sergt. J. Kemp, Co. A, 5th Mich. Thirty-fourth X. C. Reg., at Gettysburg, by Sergt. Dave Miller, 8th Ohio. I bars," belonging to the 34th X. C. Thirty-eighth X « Thirty-ninth S. C, found by men of 3d Div., 16th Army Corps, after the capture of Spanish Fort, Ala., April 9, 1865. Forty-sixth X. C. Reg., picked up on the picket line by Lieut. Brant, of 1st X. J. Forty-seventh X. C. Reg., at the battle of Hatcher's Run. Oct. 27, by Sergt. Daniel Murphy, 19th Mass. Forty-seventh X. ('., by Private Joseph Phillips, Co. E, 1 18th Pa., April 2, 1865, at Sutherland Station. Fifty-second X ('., at Wattle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 1 ith Conn. Headquarters flag of Brig. Gen. Barranger, com manding North Carolina brigade of cavalry, by Win. II. W La.ll, headquarters scout of Gen. Sheridan's residence, Lynchburg, Va. North Carolina State colors, by Private .lames Sweeney, Co. A. 1st Vet. Cav., Oct. 19, 1864.

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I came across this article in the 1893 Confederate Veterans magazine. It contains a list of CS Flags that were captured and who captured them. Its a very interesting list and massive, is one of your ancestors listed?

CONFEDERATE FLAGS AT WASHINGTON.
The following list of flags in the War Department at Washington will he perused with interest. They were nearly all captured in battle, and the hero is given in every known instance. Every fellow who captured a Confederate flag in battle was a hero, and the Confederate Veteran magazine is pleased to give the credit. Abbreviations are made from the Government report, which was kindly procured by Mr. K. F. Dahlgren, of Atlanta. It is suggested that co-operative action be had at the Birmingham reunion in behalf of restoring these flags to the survivors of the commands surrendering them. This list to be completed in September. Fifth Ala. Reg., by 111th Pa., at Chancellorsville, Va.. May 3, 1863. Sixth Ala. Reg., by B. F. Davis, 22d Mass. Eleventh Ala. Reg., by Isaac Springer, at Newmarket Roads. Eleventh Ala. Inf.. by 57th N. V. Thirteenth Ala. Reg., by Co. ('.. 1st Del. Fourteenth Ala. Reg. Sixteenth Ala. Reg., by A. Greenawalt, Co. G., 104th Ohio. Eighteenth Ala. Reg., by Lieut. S. F. Josselyn, 13th 111., at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 186 Thirty-eighth Ala., at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, by 2d Ohio Reg. Thirty-eighth Ala. Reg., al Resacca, May 15, 1864, by ('apt'. Box., Co. I>. 27th [nd. 'Forty-first Ala., by Corp. F. W. Lutes, Co. I». 111th N. V.. Petersburg. March 31, 1865. Forty-eighth Ala. Colors of Clanton's Ala. Brig., by 2d [nd. Cav., near Montgomery, Ala., April 12, 1865. Sixth Ark., by Sergt. John W. Dean, Co. ('.. 17th [nd., al Macon. < ra. Eighth and Nineteenth Ark. Regs. Sixth and Seventh Ark., by private Henry D. Mattingly, Co. F.. K'th K\ Reg., at Jonesboro, Sepl L,
1864. Thirtieth Ark. Rig., at Murfreesboro, Feb., 1863, by Gen, A. < > . McCook. Thirtieth Ark., inscribed, " Farmington, Miss. ; Richmond, Ky." Blue Bag with white cross. First Ark, Reg, Art., by 1 1th Mich., near Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1. 1864, Second Florida, sixth Florida, by Private Otis Smith. Co. G, 95th Ohio, at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Per. in. 1864. Eighth Fla., by Sergt. T. Horan, 72d N. V. Again. Eighth Fla.. battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by 1st Sergt. A. A. Clapp, Co. G, 2d Ohio. Eleventh Fla.. at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, by 1st Lieut. A. T. Lamfere, Co. B, 1st Conn. Cav. ' Eighteenth Fla., at Sailor's (reek. April 6, 1865, by Private Daniel Woods, Co. K. 1st Va. Cav. Apalachicola ( ruards, First Ga. Res., at Cheat River, Va., July 13, 1861, bv (apt. Blake, 9th [nd. Reg. 'Second Ga. Bat., by Patrick McCran, Co. C, 3d Md. This flag has 28 bullet holes in it. and three tin the staff. Se\ enth Ga. Reg. Twelfth Ga., at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, by 102d N. Y. Fourteenth Ga. Reg.
Fifteenth Ga., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by Sergt. .lames Thompson, Co. ('. 1st Pa. Sixteenth Ga. Reg., in attack on Fort Sanders. Tenn.. Nov. 1863. Eighteenth Ga., by Private I "hick Crocker, Co, M. 6th Mich. (av. Nineteenth Ga. Reg., Pee. 13, l s <>2. by Private Jacob Cart. Co. A, 7th Pa. Twenty-first Ga., Thirty-fifth Ga. Reg. Fortv-i'ourth Ga., at Cedar Creek. Oct. 19, 1864, by Chief Bugler S. M. Wells. 6th N. V. Cav. Forty-fourth Ga. Reg., May 10, 1864, by 43d N. V. Forty-fifth Ga. Forty-eighth Ga., by Sergt. -lames Wiley,59th N. V. Forty-ninth < ra. Fiftieth Ga., by Corp. John Keough, Co, F. 67th Pa., at Sailor's Creek. Va.. April 6, 1865. Sixtieth Ga. Seventy-sixth Ga. Keg , at Sailor's Creek. April <i. I860, by Emisire Shahan, Co. A. 1st Va. Stars and bars, at Crampton'e Pass, Md., by 1th N. .1. Benjamin Infantry, organized April 14. 1861, Clayton County, Ga., inscription. "Strike tor your altars and your firesides," in raid on Macon Railroad. August 20, 1864. star- and bars, Georgia coat of arms. Eighth Louisiana Reg., at Rappahannock Station. Va.. Nov. 7. 1863, by Sergt. Otis C. Roberts, 6th Maine Reg., in a hand-to-hand tight on the trenches. Second Louisiana. Mav 12, L 864, near Spottsylvania, Va.. by Sergt. C IP Fasnacht, Co. A. 99th Pa. Twelfth La., July 20, 1864, at battle of Peach Tree Creek. Ga., by 105th 111. Reg. Thirteenth' La., Mav 12, 1864, bj S< rgt. Win. Jones Co. A. 73d N. V. Twenty-fourth I. a., by 1st Lieut Win. S. Simmons, Co. C, 11th Mo., at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Pee. 10, 1864. Washington Artillery, in battle of Appomattox Station. April 8, 1865, by Lieut. Barney shields. Co. F. 2d Va. Cav. Sixth Ky. Reg., by Co. G, K'th Mich. Reg., at J< l.om. Sept. 1, 1864. First Miss. Keg., at Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864, by Private Dennis Buckley, Co. G, 136th N. Y. Second Miss., by Sergt. Evans, and kepi two days by him while a prisoner. Eighth Miss., by Private Richard Mangnum, 1 ImIi N. V.. April 'J. I860. Twelfth Miss. Cav., at Selma. Ala.. April 2, 1865, by Private .James P. Miller. Co. P. 1th la. Cav. Eleventh Mi--.. Selma. Ala.. April •_'. 1865, by Private Charles A. Swan. Co. K.. 4th la. Cav. Seventeenth Mi— . Col. Holder. Nineteenth Miss. Thirty-third Miss. Keg., by 26th Wisconsin Reg., at Peachtree Creek. Ga., .Inly 20, 1864. Forty-fourth Miss., by Corp. Luther B. Kaltenbach, Co. F, 12th la , at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville. Tenn . Pee. 16, 1864. Forty-eighth Miss., in battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864, by 12th N. .1. Wigfall Ritles. Jeff. Davis, Southern Confederacy, by Co. F. 9th Ohio, at Mill Springs, Ky. Yallabusha Ritles. at Mill Springs, Ky.. .Ian. 19, 1862, by Corp. Albert Essen. Co G, 2d Minn. Tenth Mo. Rat., at Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865 by Private John Kinney. 4th la. Cav.
Kir-t N. I Reg . by Private Geo. W. Harris, Co. B, 148th Pa., May 12, 1864. at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by PriJosenh Kimball, < o, B, 2d W. Va. Cav. - enth N I , at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by John I'.. Maybeny, Co. F, 1st Del. Twelfth N. C, by Sergt. E. D. W Ibury, Co. E, l-l Vt. Cav. Thirteenth V i ". again. Thirteenth N. C, May 6, 1864, by Sergt. S. Rought,
A. l ll-i Pa. ith N. ( . Reg., in engagement near Malvern Hill. Va., July 28, 1864, by Private Timothy Connors, E, l-i U.S. Cav hteenth N. C, near Petersburg, Va., April 2, , by Private Frank Fesy, I o A. 10th N. J. Sixteenth N. ('.. at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 1 Itli ( !onn. Twenty-second N. C, by Private Michael McDonough, r_'il X. V. inscribed, "Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Chancellorsville, Sharpsburg, Frazier's Farm, Cedar Mountain, Manassas, Fredericksburg." Twenty-fourth X. C, Aug. 21, 1864, by Private .1. A. Read, 11th Pa. Twenty-third X. C. Reg., at Gettysburg, Pa., July "2,
1863. Twenty-sixth X. C. Reg., at Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27. 1864, by Sergl Alonzo Smith, 7th Mich. Twenty-eighth X. C. Reg., May 12, L864, by Capt. .1. M. Kendig, Co. A. eel Pa. Thirtieth X. C, May 12, L864, at the battle of the Wildei Twenty-eighth X. c. Reg., near Malvern Hill, Va., July 28, 1864, by Private Samuel Malleck, Cb. [,9th i Cav. Twenty-eighth N. C. Reg., Wilcox's l>iv. Thirtiet h X. < '. again. A haul, flag, May 6, 1864, by Sergt. J. Kemp, Co. A, 5th Mich. Thirty-fourth X. C. Reg., at Gettysburg, by Sergt. Dave Miller, 8th Ohio. I bars," belonging to the 34th X. C. Thirty-eighth X « Thirty-ninth S. C, found by men of 3d Div., 16th Army Corps, after the capture of Spanish Fort, Ala., April 9, 1865. Forty-sixth X. C. Reg., picked up on the picket line by Lieut. Brant, of 1st X. J. Forty-seventh X. C. Reg., at the battle of Hatcher's Run. Oct. 27, by Sergt. Daniel Murphy, 19th Mass. Forty-seventh X. ('., by Private Joseph Phillips, Co. E, 1 18th Pa., April 2, 1865, at Sutherland Station. Fifty-second X ('., at Wattle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 1 ith Conn. Headquarters flag of Brig. Gen. Barranger, com manding North Carolina brigade of cavalry, by Win. II. W La.ll, headquarters scout of Gen. Sheridan's residence, Lynchburg, Va. North Carolina State colors, by Private .lames Sweeney, Co. A. 1st Vet. Cav., Oct. 19, 1864.

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Thirteenth N. C, May 6, 1864, by Sergt. S. Rought,

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/flags-of-the-civil-war.83806/page-7#post-1166040

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Stephen Rought : Residence Bradford County PA; 22 years old. Enlisted and mustered on 8/18/1862 at Crampton, PA as a Corporal. into "A" Co. PA 141st Infantry. Sergeant 11/18/1862 Wounded and a POW 5/3/1863 Chancellorsville, VA. He was Mustered Out on 5/28/1865 at Washington, DC.

Medal of Honor Information:
He was awarded the Medal of Honor
for action on 5/6/1864 at Wilderness, VA.
(Capture of flag of 13th NC Infantry)
 
It does have a lot of good info. If you look at the list of MOH receivers most of the citations read "Captured Enemy Flag"
 
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