Captured Colors

[J. D. Stevens]

The only good thing about having to stay at home during our ongoing battle not to catch the Coronavirus is having the time to clean up files, organize notes, and more online research. One activity is searching websites that offer digital books and newspapers. Although I attempt to stay focused on one topic, its impossible to keep from becoming side tracked onto other articles found in the digital newspapers. One such article is the following accidentally found in the Galveston Daily News on June 26, 1887. Hopefully, some of these captured flags have been preserved and on display somewhere today. The original list is two columns long in the newspaper. Instead of cut and paste, I broke down and transcribed them almost exactly like they were printed. The capitalization and spelling is as found, not corrected, nor was (sic) added. My only changes were the column width was not maintained and some of the commas were left out. The printer must have had an abundance of commas to work with. There is a chance some of you may find an ancestor's name or unit. I did not find an ancestor's name, but I did find four units which known ancestors belonged. Its my understanding that a soldier who captured an enemy flag during battle was awarded the Medal of Honor. The last bullet is very interesting.

(First Column)

CAPTURED COLORS

Battle-Stained Banners and the Humble Heroes Who Seized the Hostile Standards on the Field​

Washington, June 17 1887

The following is a complete list of Confederate flags captured by Union troops and now stowed away in boxes in the attic of the war department. The list was made by the late Colonel Scott and only completed a short time before his death:

• Flag of Twelfth Virginia Volunteers, near Beverly Ford, June 1863 by General Kilpatrick, United States army.
• Battle flag captured May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Va. by Seventy-seventh New York volunteers, General A. P. Howe's division, by Corporal Michael Lamey, since killed.
• Flag of Company F, Tenth Virginia Volunteers, at Chancellorsville, Va May 3, 1863 by Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Battle flag captured November 7, 1863 at Rappahannock Station, Va. by Corporal Theodore Shackelford, Company A, Fifth Main volunteers.
• Battle flag captured November 7, 1863 at Rappahannock Station, Va. by Lieutenant S. Lyon, Company K, Fifth Maine volunteers.
• Flag captured at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862 by Sedgwick's division, Sumner's corps.
• Flag of the First Tennessee battalion captured at Chickahominy, June 27, 1862 by Sergeant John Marks, Company D, Thirteenth New York volunteers.
• Flag of Yallabusha Rifles captured at the battle of the Cumberland, January 19, 1862 by Corporal Albert Esson, Company G, Second Minnesota volunteers.
• Flag captured at the battle of Logans's cross roads, Kentucky by Company E, Second Minnesota volunteers.
• Flag captured at Philippi, Va. Une 3, 1861 by Lieutenant William B. McCartney, Company B Sixteenth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag captured at Malvern hill near James river, Va. July 1, 1862 by Sergeant W. J. Wittrick, Eighty-third Pennsylvania volunteers (Butterfield's brigade). This flag was taken from a South Carolina regiment which piled up its dead to resist the attack of the brigade.
• Flag captured at battle of Sharpsburg, September 17, 1962 by Private Isaac Thompson, Company C, Twentieth New York State militia. He shot the rebel color bearer, ran forward and brought off the colors.
• Stars and bars captured at Bristow Station, Va. October 14, 1863 by Second Army corps.
• Flag of Seventh Virginia infantry captured by Eighty-second New Your volunteers.
• Flag of First Virginia infantry captured by Eighty-second New York volunteers.
• Flag of Second Mississippi captured with entire regiment by Sixth Wisconsin volunteers and was kept two days by Sergeant Evans while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. Medal awarded Corporal Frank A. Walter, Company I, Sixth Wisconsin volunteers.
• Flag of Seventh North Carolina infantry at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 by J. B. Mayberry, Company F, First Delaware volunteers, Second brigade, Third division, Second Army corps.
• Stars and bars of Eighteenth Virginia infantry captured by Lieutenant C. E. Hunt, Fifty-ninth New York volunteers.
• Stars and bars captured in Zollicoffer's intrenchments), January 10, 1862 by Company A, Second Minnesota Volunteers.
• Flag captured at Gettysburg by Private George H. Dare, Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York volunteers.
• Flag captured at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863 by Captain M. Brown, Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York volunteers.
• Flag captured by Twelfth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag captured at battle of Crampton's Pass, Md. September 14, 1862 by Fourth Vermont volunteers.
• Flag of Fifty-third Virginia infantry.
• Flag of Thirtieth Arkansas infantry – blue flag, white cross.
• Flag supposed to have been captured at Antietam, September 17, 1862, Colonel Lord commanding.
• Flag Eighteenth Alabama regiment by Lieutenant S. F. Joslyn, Thirteenth Illinois infantry, General Osterhaus's division, Fifteenth army corps, battle of Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.
• Flag captured at Mission Ridge, November 26, 1863 by Sixty-ninth Ohio volunteers, Colonel M. F. Moore, King's brigade, Johnson's division. Three pieces of Fergusons's rebel battery were captured with it.
• Flag of Thirty-eighth Alabama infantry at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863 by Second regiment Ohio volunteers, Colonel A. G. McCook.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army captured at Lookout mountain November 24, 1863 by the Sixteenth New York volunteers, Colonel Goddard.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white ball in center, at Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863 by Private Peter Koppesser, Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken from a rebel sergeant, who was disarmed and taken prisoner.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white oblong center, at Lookout mountain, November 24, 1863 by Sergeant F. N. Potter, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken in hand-to-hand fight from a rebel sergeant who was disarmed and made a prisoner. Sergeant N. F. Potter was afterwards wounded.
• Flag found in intrenchment near Louden, Va by the Eighty-second Illinois volunteers. Works had been evacuated on the approach of the regiment.
• Flags near Cobb's landing, Ga. By the Fourth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag of the Fortieth Virginia infantry by the First Michigan cavalry at Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863.
• Flag at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862 by Private Webster Eaton, First New York artillery.
• Flag of Texas brigade at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862 by Ninth Pennsylvania reserves.
• Flag abandoned by enemy at Shepardstown Bluff, September 19 1862, where a portion of Griffin's brigade forded the Potomac and carried the heights by assault.
• Flag First Georgia regiment from General Garnett's rebel forces at the battle of Cheats river, July 13, 1861 by Captain Blake, Ninth Indiana regiment. Silk flag of Wilson's Invincibles.
• Flag of Hood's Texas Brigade by Samuel Johnson, Ninth Pennsylvania reserves.
• Signal flag by officers of Signal corps, September 13, 1862.
• Flag Sixteenth Georgia volunteers by Ninth army corps, from rebel General Longstreet's forces at taking of Fort Saunders, Tenn., November 18,1863.
• Flag, blue ground red cross stripes, at battle of the Wilderness, June 16, 1864.
• Flag Southern Cross, June 18, 1864 from the rebels at Petersburg, Va. by Ninth army corps.
• Flag Twenty-eighth North Carolina, near Malvern Hill, Va., July 28, 1861 by Private S. L. Malleck, Ninth New York cavalry.
• Flag Twenty-seventh South Carolina regiment, by Private C. F. Anderson, Eighteenth Massachusetts.
• Battalion flag Twenty-fourth North Carolina, August 21, 1864 by Private J. A. Reed, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Flag (silk) by Sergeant D. H. Schofield, Fifteenth New York cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured by W. A. Hoff, Eighth Indiana.
• Flag captured by D. A. Reigles, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured from the enemy at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864 by Private George Moore, Eleventh West Virginia volunteers.
• Flag captured by Private Richard Taylor, Eighteenth Indiana, October 19, 1864 from wounded rebel.
• Flag captured by Fourteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, October 20, 1864 in Luray valley.
• Flag captured by Captain Edwards, first Vermont Cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured by Private Philip Daybull, Second Massachusetts cavalry in Luray valley, September 24, 1864.

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• Flag of Thirty-second Virginia cavalry by Edward Hampford, Second United States cavalry near Woodstock, Va., October 9, 1864
• Flag captured by General Sheridan's forces October 19, 1864.
• Flag of Eighteenth Georgia infantry by Private Ulrick Crocker, Sixth Michigan cavalry.
• Flag captured near Front Royal, Va., August 16, 1864 by Sergeant H. J. Murray, Fourth New York cavalry from Third Virginia cavalry.
• Virginia state flag, September 19, 1864 near Winchester by Private George Reynolds, Ninth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864 by Private John Creed, Twenty-third Illinois veteran volunteers.
• Flag captured by Private James Connor, Forty-third New York volunteers, September 20, 1864 at Fisher's hill.
• Flag captured September 19, 1864 near Winchester by Corporal C. V. Bower, First New York Dragoons.
• Colors of the Forty-fourth Georgia infantry in the battle of Cedar creek, October 18, 1864 by Chief Bugler S. N. Wills, Sixth New York volunteers.
• North Carolina state colors captured by Private James Sweeney, First Vermont cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag of Sixth Alabama by B. T. Davis, Twenty-second Massachusetts veterans.
• Flag captured by Sergeant H. W. Fox, Sixth Michigan cavalry at Winchester, September 10, 1864.
• Colors captured by Private Gabrill Cole, Fifth Michigan cavalry at Winchester, September 19, 1864.
• Flag, Thirty-sixth Virginia volunteers, September 19, 1864, Winchester by Private McEnroe, Sixth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured by Privates O. S. Muldrum, William Smith and Kelly, Sixth New York cavalry, Front Royal, August 16, 1864.
• Flag captured September 19, 1864, Winchester by George E. Much, New York cavalry.
• Flag, supposed to be rebel signal flag, found in Shenandoah valley by Sheridan's men, September 18, 1864.
• Flag, rebel national, Winchester by Commissary Sergeant A. J. Lewis, First New York dragoons, September 19, 1864.
• Flag captured within rebel lines near North Mountain, Md., August 1, 1864 by Detective C. H. Marsh, middle department.
• Flag of Nineteenth Georgia regiment, December 13, 1862 by Private Jacob Cart, Second Pennsylvania reserves.
• Flag of Fifth Alabama by One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers at Chancellorville, Va., May 3, 1863.
• Flag of Twelfth Louisiana infantry, July 20, 1864 at battle of Peach Tree creek, Ga. by One Hundred and fifth Illinois volunteers.
• Flag of Sixth Kentucky volunteers by Company g, Tenth Michigan volunteers, battle of Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864, with Color sergeant Lee.
• Flag of First Mississippi at Peach Tree creek battle by private Dennis Buckley, Twenty-sixth New York volunteers, July 20, 1864.
• Flag of cavalry command Seventieth division, Mississippi.
• Flag of Thirty-eighth Alabama volunteers at battle of Resaca, May 15, 1864 by Captain Fox, Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteers.
• National standard battle of Resaca, May 14, 1864 by Army of the Cumberland.
• Flag captured by Sergeant Schumaker, First Virginia cavalry, November 12, 1864 near Nineveh, Pa.
• Colors. Corporal Newton Hill, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio veterans.
• Flag. Sixteenth Alabama by A. Greenahault, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by Major Muttris, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by Private S. H. Ricksister, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by J. H. Brown, Twelfth Kentucky infantry.
• Colors by Captain G. V. Kelly, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers at battle of Franklin, November 18, 1864; remains of colors belonging to United States sharp shooters.
• Flag at the battle of Winsboro, March 2, 1865 by Private Crowly, Twenty-second New York cavalry.
• Flag at Winsboro by John Miller, Eighth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured April 2, 1864 at Five Forks, Va. by Private C. Gardner, Thirty-second Massachusetts volunteers.
• Flag of Nineteenth (Mahone's division).
• Flag of Fiftieth Georgia by Corporal John Keough, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, Sailors' Creek, April 5, 1865.
• Flag of Eleventh Florida infantry at Sailors' Creek, April 5, 1864 by Lieutenant A. T. Laphorn, First Kentucky cavalry.
• Flag of First Texas infantry at Appomattox Station, April 8, 1864 by Lieutenant M. A. Reed, Eighth New York volunteers.
• Flag of Forty-seventh North Carolina picked up on picket line by Lieutenant George Bront, Eighteenth Virginia volunteers.
• Colors of Seventh Tennessee by Private Milton Matthews, Sixty-first Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Virginia state colors at Fann's Cross Roads, April 5, 1864 by H. G. Warfall, First Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Colros of North Carolina volunteers by Private Phillips, One hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, April 5, 1865 at Sutherland's station.
• Flag of Fortieth Virginia infantry, battle of Sailor's Creek, 1865 by Sergeant W. P. Moore, First New York Lincoln Cavalry.
• Flag of Twentieth Virginia infantry at battle of Sailors' Creek by C. D. Evans, Third Indiana veteran cavalry.
• Flag of One Hundred and Sixth North Carolina volunteers at Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Frank Fesey, Fortieth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag of Eighth Florida infantry at Sailor's Creek by Sergeant A. A. Clapp, Second Ohio Cavalry.
• Flag of Field division. Remarks on staff: "Mr. Yankee, you will please return this flagstaff and belt to the Ninth Maine. It was captured at Gilmore, October 29, 1861 by the Third Virginia volunteers." Signed, "Big Rebel."
• Flag brought from Richmend by Master Tad Lincoln. [Special to N. Y. Herald.

In the 19th Century, almost every newspaper would print articles from other newspapers. It appears this article was originally in the N. Y. Herald.
If there was such a thing, one might wonder how a list of Yankee flags captured by the Rebels would compare to this list of Rebel flags captured by the Yankees.
Everyone Stay Safe ..................................

 

[bdtex]

Nice work J.D. Lotta flags captured while Gen. Pickett was eating baked shad.

I bet Mr. Ogden could identify all the flags captured at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge.

 

[Cavalier]

@J. D. Stevens Great stuff there. Thanks for posting that.

John

 

[turner ashby kidd]

Wow, that's a lot of typing J.D. !! Thanks for posting. Something to read and ponder with morning coffee...

 

[DixieRifles]

• Flag of Bragg's rebel army captured at Lookout mountain November 24, 1863 by the Sixteenth New York volunteers, Colonel Goddard.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white ball in center, at Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863 by Private Peter Koppesser, Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken from a rebel sergeant, who was disarmed and taken prisoner.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white oblong center, at Lookout mountain, November 24, 1863 by Sergeant F. N. Potter, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken in hand-to-hand fight from a rebel sergeant who was disarmed and made a prisoner. Sergeant N. F. Potter was afterwards wounded.

There is one "Hardee flag" that is found in several books. It was embroidered with info as to what Union unit captured it and identified it as belonging to Walthall's Brigade. This is the only image that I could find of that flag.

Here is a link to another flag that was said to have been from the 24th Mississippi but the colonel said they did not lose a flag. It is similar to the above except it had cross cannons in the center.
FLAG

 

[J. D. Stevens]

There is one "Hardee flag" that is found in several books. It was embroidered with info as to what Union unit captured it and identified it as belonging to Walthall's Brigade. This is the only image that I could find of that flag.
View attachment 355290

Here is a link to another flag that was said to have been from the 24th Mississippi but the colonel said they did not lose a flag. It is similar to the above except it had cross cannons in the center.
FLAG

Thanks for posting the flag and the link. According to the regimental history of the 149th, they captured five flags during the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Since part of Walthall's Brigade cut off and captured, there is a chance the one described and your picture are one in the same.

 

[19thOhio]

Thanks for the list. One of my local regiment interests is the 104th O. V. I. (Other interests are 19th Ohio, 13th Ohio and 115th Ohio)

The list included the four flags captured by the 104th Ohio, at Franklin. The 104th was in the thick of the battle, positioned at the cotton gin. Twenty-Two Confederate flags were captured by the Third Division with either eleven (N. A. Pinney, History of the 104th Regiment O. V. I. or six (J. W. Gaskill, Footprints Through Dixie, Everyday Life of the Men Under the Musket, 1919.) Six men were awarded the Medal of Honor because of their action at Franklin and for capturing enemy flags. The 104th lost about 70 men killed, wounded or captured, about one-fifth of the men on duty.

Meanwhile the 19th Ohio was observing the battle from Fort Granger. But they got to set fire to the bridge over the Harpeth River as they retreated to Nashville after the battle.

The tombstone above is that of Abraham Greenawalt who is buried at the Alliance City Cemetery. Note the spelling on the marker is different than that on the list above. It shows his Medal of Honor. His is cited as "capture of corps headquarters flag."

While interviewing a descendent of Abraham Greenawalt if got to hear the interviewee tell me about observing the loading of one of the nuclear bombs in the Pacific near the end of WWII.

 

[J. D. Stevens]

I recently read "Sherman's March Through The Carolinas" by John G. Barrett published in 1956. It is a good read with considerable detail. There is a quote regarding flags on page 169 which impressed me about the condition of Johnson's Army at the Battle of Bentonville.

As the gray lines moved forward; "........ with colors flying and line of battle in such perfect order ....... it looked like a picture......... it was a painful sight to see how close their battle flags were together, regiments being scarcely larger than companies and a division not much larger than a regiment should be."

 

[DixieRifles]

Thanks for posting the flag and the link. According to the regimental history of the 149th, they captured five flags during the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Since part of Walthall's Brigade cut off and captured, there is a chance the one described and your picture are one in the same.

I didn't know they captured 5 flags. Walthall's Mississippi Brigade was the only brigade standing in the way of Hooker's army. As they swung around the North face of the mountain, Moore's brigade provided some reinforcement. I don't know how many total flags were carried by Walthall's brigade---1 per regiment and one for HQ ---so 5 or 6.
Walthall had 845 MIA and Moore had 205 MIA but that may have included some from the next battle of Missionary Ridge.

 

[dgfred]

I think capturing a regiment's flag would be the highest honor. I mean if I was holding a Division, Corps or regular 'battle flag' and needed to get out of dodge... I would probably drop that flag the first instant.

 

[David Ireland]

The only good thing about having to stay at home during our ongoing battle not to catch the Coronavirus is having the time to clean up files, organize notes, and more online research. One activity is searching websites that offer digital books and newspapers. Although I attempt to stay focused on one topic, its impossible to keep from becoming side tracked onto other articles found in the digital newspapers. One such article is the following accidentally found in the Galveston Daily News on June 26, 1887. Hopefully, some of these captured flags have been preserved and on display somewhere today. The original list is two columns long in the newspaper. Instead of cut and paste, I broke down and transcribed them almost exactly like they were printed. The capitalization and spelling is as found, not corrected, nor was (sic) added. My only changes were the column width was not maintained and some of the commas were left out. The printer must have had an abundance of commas to work with. There is a chance some of you may find an ancestor's name or unit. I did not find an ancestor's name, but I did find four units which known ancestors belonged. Its my understanding that a soldier who captured an enemy flag during battle was awarded the Medal of Honor. The last bullet is very interesting.

(First Column)

CAPTURED COLORS

Battle-Stained Banners and the Humble Heroes Who Seized the Hostile Standards on the Field​

Washington, June 17 1887

The following is a complete list of Confederate flags captured by Union troops and now stowed away in boxes in the attic of the war department. The list was made by the late Colonel Scott and only completed a short time before his death:

• Flag of Twelfth Virginia Volunteers, near Beverly Ford, June 1863 by General Kilpatrick, United States army.
• Battle flag captured May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville, Va. by Seventy-seventh New York volunteers, General A. P. Howe's division, by Corporal Michael Lamey, since killed.
• Flag of Company F, Tenth Virginia Volunteers, at Chancellorsville, Va May 3, 1863 by Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Battle flag captured November 7, 1863 at Rappahannock Station, Va. by Corporal Theodore Shackelford, Company A, Fifth Main volunteers.
• Battle flag captured November 7, 1863 at Rappahannock Station, Va. by Lieutenant S. Lyon, Company K, Fifth Maine volunteers.
• Flag captured at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862 by Sedgwick's division, Sumner's corps.
• Flag of the First Tennessee battalion captured at Chickahominy, June 27, 1862 by Sergeant John Marks, Company D, Thirteenth New York volunteers.
• Flag of Yallabusha Rifles captured at the battle of the Cumberland, January 19, 1862 by Corporal Albert Esson, Company G, Second Minnesota volunteers.
• Flag captured at the battle of Logans's cross roads, Kentucky by Company E, Second Minnesota volunteers.
• Flag captured at Philippi, Va. Une 3, 1861 by Lieutenant William B. McCartney, Company B Sixteenth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag captured at Malvern hill near James river, Va. July 1, 1862 by Sergeant W. J. Wittrick, Eighty-third Pennsylvania volunteers (Butterfield's brigade). This flag was taken from a South Carolina regiment which piled up its dead to resist the attack of the brigade.
• Flag captured at battle of Sharpsburg, September 17, 1962 by Private Isaac Thompson, Company C, Twentieth New York State militia. He shot the rebel color bearer, ran forward and brought off the colors.
• Stars and bars captured at Bristow Station, Va. October 14, 1863 by Second Army corps.
• Flag of Seventh Virginia infantry captured by Eighty-second New Your volunteers.
• Flag of First Virginia infantry captured by Eighty-second New York volunteers.
• Flag of Second Mississippi captured with entire regiment by Sixth Wisconsin volunteers and was kept two days by Sergeant Evans while a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. Medal awarded Corporal Frank A. Walter, Company I, Sixth Wisconsin volunteers.
• Flag of Seventh North Carolina infantry at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863 by J. B. Mayberry, Company F, First Delaware volunteers, Second brigade, Third division, Second Army corps.
• Stars and bars of Eighteenth Virginia infantry captured by Lieutenant C. E. Hunt, Fifty-ninth New York volunteers.
• Stars and bars captured in Zollicoffer's intrenchments), January 10, 1862 by Company A, Second Minnesota Volunteers.
• Flag captured at Gettysburg by Private George H. Dare, Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York volunteers.
• Flag captured at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863 by Captain M. Brown, Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York volunteers.
• Flag captured by Twelfth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag captured at battle of Crampton's Pass, Md. September 14, 1862 by Fourth Vermont volunteers.
• Flag of Fifty-third Virginia infantry.
• Flag of Thirtieth Arkansas infantry – blue flag, white cross.
• Flag supposed to have been captured at Antietam, September 17, 1862, Colonel Lord commanding.
• Flag Eighteenth Alabama regiment by Lieutenant S. F. Joslyn, Thirteenth Illinois infantry, General Osterhaus's division, Fifteenth army corps, battle of Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.
• Flag captured at Mission Ridge, November 26, 1863 by Sixty-ninth Ohio volunteers, Colonel M. F. Moore, King's brigade, Johnson's division. Three pieces of Fergusons's rebel battery were captured with it.
• Flag of Thirty-eighth Alabama infantry at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863 by Second regiment Ohio volunteers, Colonel A. G. McCook.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army captured at Lookout mountain November 24, 1863 by the Sixteenth New York volunteers, Colonel Goddard.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white ball in center, at Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863 by Private Peter Koppesser, Company B, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken from a rebel sergeant, who was disarmed and taken prisoner.
• Flag of Bragg's rebel army, blue ground, white oblong center, at Lookout mountain, November 24, 1863 by Sergeant F. N. Potter, Company E, One Hundred and Forty-ninth New York volunteers. Taken in hand-to-hand fight from a rebel sergeant who was disarmed and made a prisoner. Sergeant N. F. Potter was afterwards wounded.
• Flag found in intrenchment near Louden, Va by the Eighty-second Illinois volunteers. Works had been evacuated on the approach of the regiment.
• Flags near Cobb's landing, Ga. By the Fourth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag of the Fortieth Virginia infantry by the First Michigan cavalry at Falling Waters, Md., July 14, 1863.
• Flag at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862 by Private Webster Eaton, First New York artillery.
• Flag of Texas brigade at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862 by Ninth Pennsylvania reserves.
• Flag abandoned by enemy at Shepardstown Bluff, September 19 1862, where a portion of Griffin's brigade forded the Potomac and carried the heights by assault.
• Flag First Georgia regiment from General Garnett's rebel forces at the battle of Cheats river, July 13, 1861 by Captain Blake, Ninth Indiana regiment. Silk flag of Wilson's Invincibles.
• Flag of Hood's Texas Brigade by Samuel Johnson, Ninth Pennsylvania reserves.
• Signal flag by officers of Signal corps, September 13, 1862.
• Flag Sixteenth Georgia volunteers by Ninth army corps, from rebel General Longstreet's forces at taking of Fort Saunders, Tenn., November 18,1863.
• Flag, blue ground red cross stripes, at battle of the Wilderness, June 16, 1864.
• Flag Southern Cross, June 18, 1864 from the rebels at Petersburg, Va. by Ninth army corps.
• Flag Twenty-eighth North Carolina, near Malvern Hill, Va., July 28, 1861 by Private S. L. Malleck, Ninth New York cavalry.
• Flag Twenty-seventh South Carolina regiment, by Private C. F. Anderson, Eighteenth Massachusetts.
• Battalion flag Twenty-fourth North Carolina, August 21, 1864 by Private J. A. Reed, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Flag (silk) by Sergeant D. H. Schofield, Fifteenth New York cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured by W. A. Hoff, Eighth Indiana.
• Flag captured by D. A. Reigles, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured from the enemy at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864 by Private George Moore, Eleventh West Virginia volunteers.
• Flag captured by Private Richard Taylor, Eighteenth Indiana, October 19, 1864 from wounded rebel.
• Flag captured by Fourteenth Pennsylvania cavalry, October 20, 1864 in Luray valley.
• Flag captured by Captain Edwards, first Vermont Cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag captured by Private Philip Daybull, Second Massachusetts cavalry in Luray valley, September 24, 1864.

(Second Column)​

• Flag of Thirty-second Virginia cavalry by Edward Hampford, Second United States cavalry near Woodstock, Va., October 9, 1864
• Flag captured by General Sheridan's forces October 19, 1864.
• Flag of Eighteenth Georgia infantry by Private Ulrick Crocker, Sixth Michigan cavalry.
• Flag captured near Front Royal, Va., August 16, 1864 by Sergeant H. J. Murray, Fourth New York cavalry from Third Virginia cavalry.
• Virginia state flag, September 19, 1864 near Winchester by Private George Reynolds, Ninth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured at Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864 by Private John Creed, Twenty-third Illinois veteran volunteers.
• Flag captured by Private James Connor, Forty-third New York volunteers, September 20, 1864 at Fisher's hill.
• Flag captured September 19, 1864 near Winchester by Corporal C. V. Bower, First New York Dragoons.
• Colors of the Forty-fourth Georgia infantry in the battle of Cedar creek, October 18, 1864 by Chief Bugler S. N. Wills, Sixth New York volunteers.
• North Carolina state colors captured by Private James Sweeney, First Vermont cavalry, October 19, 1864.
• Flag of Sixth Alabama by B. T. Davis, Twenty-second Massachusetts veterans.
• Flag captured by Sergeant H. W. Fox, Sixth Michigan cavalry at Winchester, September 10, 1864.
• Colors captured by Private Gabrill Cole, Fifth Michigan cavalry at Winchester, September 19, 1864.
• Flag, Thirty-sixth Virginia volunteers, September 19, 1864, Winchester by Private McEnroe, Sixth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured by Privates O. S. Muldrum, William Smith and Kelly, Sixth New York cavalry, Front Royal, August 16, 1864.
• Flag captured September 19, 1864, Winchester by George E. Much, New York cavalry.
• Flag, supposed to be rebel signal flag, found in Shenandoah valley by Sheridan's men, September 18, 1864.
• Flag, rebel national, Winchester by Commissary Sergeant A. J. Lewis, First New York dragoons, September 19, 1864.
• Flag captured within rebel lines near North Mountain, Md., August 1, 1864 by Detective C. H. Marsh, middle department.
• Flag of Nineteenth Georgia regiment, December 13, 1862 by Private Jacob Cart, Second Pennsylvania reserves.
• Flag of Fifth Alabama by One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers at Chancellorville, Va., May 3, 1863.
• Flag of Twelfth Louisiana infantry, July 20, 1864 at battle of Peach Tree creek, Ga. by One Hundred and fifth Illinois volunteers.
• Flag of Sixth Kentucky volunteers by Company g, Tenth Michigan volunteers, battle of Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864, with Color sergeant Lee.
• Flag of First Mississippi at Peach Tree creek battle by private Dennis Buckley, Twenty-sixth New York volunteers, July 20, 1864.
• Flag of cavalry command Seventieth division, Mississippi.
• Flag of Thirty-eighth Alabama volunteers at battle of Resaca, May 15, 1864 by Captain Fox, Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteers.
• National standard battle of Resaca, May 14, 1864 by Army of the Cumberland.
• Flag captured by Sergeant Schumaker, First Virginia cavalry, November 12, 1864 near Nineveh, Pa.
• Colors. Corporal Newton Hill, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio veterans.
• Flag. Sixteenth Alabama by A. Greenahault, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by Major Muttris, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by Private S. H. Ricksister, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers.
• Flag by J. H. Brown, Twelfth Kentucky infantry.
• Colors by Captain G. V. Kelly, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio volunteers at battle of Franklin, November 18, 1864; remains of colors belonging to United States sharp shooters.
• Flag at the battle of Winsboro, March 2, 1865 by Private Crowly, Twenty-second New York cavalry.
• Flag at Winsboro by John Miller, Eighth New York cavalry.
• Flag captured April 2, 1864 at Five Forks, Va. by Private C. Gardner, Thirty-second Massachusetts volunteers.
• Flag of Nineteenth (Mahone's division).
• Flag of Fiftieth Georgia by Corporal John Keough, Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, Sailors' Creek, April 5, 1865.
• Flag of Eleventh Florida infantry at Sailors' Creek, April 5, 1864 by Lieutenant A. T. Laphorn, First Kentucky cavalry.
• Flag of First Texas infantry at Appomattox Station, April 8, 1864 by Lieutenant M. A. Reed, Eighth New York volunteers.
• Flag of Forty-seventh North Carolina picked up on picket line by Lieutenant George Bront, Eighteenth Virginia volunteers.
• Colors of Seventh Tennessee by Private Milton Matthews, Sixty-first Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Virginia state colors at Fann's Cross Roads, April 5, 1864 by H. G. Warfall, First Pennsylvania volunteers.
• Colros of North Carolina volunteers by Private Phillips, One hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers, April 5, 1865 at Sutherland's station.
• Flag of Fortieth Virginia infantry, battle of Sailor's Creek, 1865 by Sergeant W. P. Moore, First New York Lincoln Cavalry.
• Flag of Twentieth Virginia infantry at battle of Sailors' Creek by C. D. Evans, Third Indiana veteran cavalry.
• Flag of One Hundred and Sixth North Carolina volunteers at Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Frank Fesey, Fortieth New Jersey volunteers.
• Flag of Eighth Florida infantry at Sailor's Creek by Sergeant A. A. Clapp, Second Ohio Cavalry.
• Flag of Field division. Remarks on staff: "Mr. Yankee, you will please return this flagstaff and belt to the Ninth Maine. It was captured at Gilmore, October 29, 1861 by the Third Virginia volunteers." Signed, "Big Rebel."
• Flag brought from Richmend by Master Tad Lincoln. [Special to N. Y. Herald.

In the 19th Century, almost every newspaper would print articles from other newspapers. It appears this article was originally in the N. Y. Herald.
If there was such a thing, one might wonder how a list of Yankee flags captured by the Rebels would compare to this list of Rebel flags captured by the Yankees.
Everyone Stay Safe ..................................

Are they really sitting in boxes? They should be on display at the national civil war museum in Harrisburg with descriptions of their capture.

 

[J. D. Stevens]

Are they really sitting in boxes? They should be on display at the national civil war museum in Harrisburg with descriptions of their capture.

They were sitting in boxes when this newspaper article was written in 1887. My guess is most of these flags have been retrieved, saved, and displayed at many museums around the country.

 

[RedRover]

I recently read "Sherman's March Through The Carolinas" by John G. Barrett published in 1956. It is a good read with considerable detail. There is a quote regarding flags on page 169 which impressed me about the condition of Johnson's Army at the Battle of Bentonville.

As the gray lines moved forward; "........ with colors flying and line of battle in such perfect order ....... it looked like a picture......... it was a painful sight to see how close their battle flags were together, regiments being scarcely larger than companies and a division not much larger than a regiment should be."

Capt. R.B. Smith, commanding the 7th Florida Regiment in that attack, stated in a letter the regiment mustered approximately 40 men. Half of whom were casualties in the battle...

 

[Stryker65]

Wow, that's a lot of typing J.D. !! Thanks for posting. Something to read and ponder with morning coffee...

Good Lord @J. D. Stevens you didn't have to type all that...

 

[Bruce Vail]

Coronovirus hit my house this Christmas too. My wife tested positive Dec. 22 and ruined our plan to visit the kids in NC for the holiday.

BTW -

"The North Carolina Museum of History has the largest collection of Confederate flags held by any state-operated museum in the South. Fred Olds, the original director of the Hall of History (now the Museum of History) made a special effort to locate surviving Tar Heel flags and secure them for the museum. The majority of the flags in the collection were received during his service as director. Over the years, the museum has acquired more flags through donations or purchases.

The public has never seen many of these banners, because each one needs conservation work. In recent years, Civil War reenactment groups such as the 26th North Carolina, Reactivated, and heritage organizations like the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) have given tens of thousands of dollars for flag conservation. Once conserved, these flags can be placed in exhibits. Today, the Civil War flag collection ranks among the museum's greatest historical treasures, reflecting North Carolina's rich military heritage."

See https://www.ncpedia.org/north-carolina-civil-war-flags

 

[observator]

Here are online internet links on stories of CS Flags
Hope this anseres your questions
Captured 1865

Sgt. George F. Robinson, William Seward's attendant | Period Photos & Examinations

Sgt. George F. Robinson helped save Secretary of State William H. Seward's life on April 14, 1865; the same night President Lincoln was shot. This is the first photo of him I've seen. "Uncle Sam's Medal of Honor." 1886, Page 210. Don't be misled by the title of the book. He does not have a...

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MOC "Colours of the Gray" flags captured.

Not until 1905 were many flags returned

The Flags of the Confederate Armies Returned to the Men Who Bore Them By the United States Government, 1905 : Herbert Booker : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Thew flags of the armies of the Confederacy captured and then returned to the soldiers who carried them into battle.

archive.org

also 1913

20th North Carolina flag reunited after 50 years! | Researching Civil War Records & Ancestry

http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/cwflags/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=15242...

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also in 1941

When Michigan returned her captured Confederate battle flags. | Civil War Potpourri

While at a used book store in East Lansing I going through a couple boxes of old Michigan History magazine and old Chronicle magazine. As a docent at the State of Michigan History Museum we have a area where school classes get to help design cars so I picked up this Chronicle The Quarterly...

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related links

Captured Confederate Flag | Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

suvcw.org

related link https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/walter-l-mundell

28th Virginia battle flag - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://www.facebook.com/OnondagaHistoricalAssociation/photos/a.395492896355/10157249771721356

 

[observator]

related link

Of Flags Early, Southern, & Captured | Relic Hunting & Collecting

So here’s a rare question from myself to those South of the Mason Dixion... the Cleveland Light Artillery captured a “rebel” flag in 1861 in West Virginia. It’s long since disappeared. Any idea if this would have been the 1st Confederate National Flag, the Bonnie Blue... ? It was captured along...

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[observator]

Following Links
Flag bearer Silas Buck and flag he saved

Soldier Spotlight: Silas C. Buck, 16th Confederate Cavalry

I found this article about Silas C. Buck today while doing some research, and since I already knew of some great photos of Buck, I thought I would make a post of it. This column ran in the Fort Wor…

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Post War Photographs of Confederate Flags | Period Photos & Examinations

Wartime photographs showing Confederate flags are extremely rare. Post war photographs showing Confederate flags are a little less so. I am starting a new thread on post war photographs because they need to be kept separate. Silas Buck Color Bearer of the 16th Confederate Cavalry/12th...

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13th North carolina Flag

https://www.americancivilwarforum.com/first-battle-flag-captured-by-the-army-of-the-potomac-in-the-overland-campaign-893.html

https://www.americancivilwarforum.com/confederate-battle-flag-carried-by-the-13th-north-carolina-infantry-570.html

63d North Carolina flag

63d Tennesse flag captured 1864 | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & Gear

http://www.history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/cwflags/webbbs_config.pl?page=1;md=read;id=23918 anyting known abou ti

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SOme of the first 3 CS Flags made by Constance Cary and her cousins Hetty and Jeannie Cary
The First One {Battles and Leaders of the Civil War illustration }by Constance Cary Harrison was given to Van Dorn

 

[on again]

Found some interesting links on captured flags
2nd Arkansas flag captured in 1863 https://www.poulinauctions.com/spring2023prov/2nd Ark essay, lot 3046.pdf
Unknown Arkansas flag captured in 1864 https://arngmuseum.com/wp-content/u...n-Arkansas-Confederate-Flag-30-April-1864.pdf

query
Ninevha S McKeen captured the flag of the 8th Arkansas infantry in 1863...fate known or unknown?