Between All Of Us We Should Be Able Find Out Which Flag This Was

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These 2 inquires in the Confederate Veterans magazine got me to thinking (working without tools again) with all the brain and research power on CWT we should be able to find which flag this was. So what flag was it.
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The 22nd Iowa planted a flag on a redoubt until forced to pull back . I haven't found any evidence that they left their flag .
 
Here is a map of the siege (AKA Grant's Grand Assault or Second Assault on the Vicksburg Defenses) :

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(click to enlarge)

Fort Beauregard is marked as the Railroad Redoubt right by the railroad. Col. Michael Kelly Lawler's 18th IL were the only US forces to enter there and plant the US Flag.
 
Great start but according to these account both were captured one was a US flag and the other a regimental flag. Must be some reference to these 2 incidents somewhere.
 
"On the Right: At 10:00 the main body of the 22nd Iowa charged the tip of the [railroad] redoubt, which had been heavily damaged by artillery fire. The flag of the 22nd Iowa was planted on the works. A few of the men under Sergt. Joseph Griffith entered the fort, engaging the defenders in hand to hand combat and capturing a portion of the interior. The 21st Iowa followed, and remained in the ravine with elements of the 22nd Iowa. Col. Landram's Brigade came into action on this side about 10:45 when the 77th Ill. charged in to support the 22nd Iowa. They took and held a position along the railroad where they planted their flag on the works and also entered the fort. For a short time elements of the 77th Ill., the 22nd Iowa and at least one officer from the 130th Ill. were hotly engaged within the fort, before retreating to the walls of the works where the 77th Ill. held a position where the wall of the redoubt meets the railroad. At 1:00 the 48th Ohio joined the 77th Ill., after charging into a ravine, reorganizing themselves, and moving to the edge of the works. Color Sergt. Vore planted the flag on the works and the eight-man color guard remained on the works, adjacent to the 77th Illinois Color guard. Corp. Isaac Carman describes firing while a color guard member of the 77th loaded for him. The position of the 48th Ohio was near the works, since Corp. Carman was able to quickly consult with Capt. Posegate of Co. D about what to do with the flag.

At 4:00, after several unsuccessful attempts by the 46th Ala. and Waul's Texas Legion failed to dislodge elements of Lawler's and Landram's brigades from the works, a charge by 35 volunteers from Waul's Texas Legion drove them from the wall, capturing the colors of the 77th Ill." https://www.48ovvi.org/oh48hd7.html
 
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"At 4:00, after several unsuccessful attempts by the 46th Ala. and Waul's Texas Legion failed to dislodge elements of Lawler's and Landram's brigades from the works, a charge by 35 volunteers from Waul's Texas Legion drove them from the wall, capturing the colors of the 77th Ill." https://www.48ovvi.org/oh48hd7.html

That would take care of the Regimental flag. The 18th IL put a US flag in the fortifications. Here are the two flags.
 
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