El Tché
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At last finished. The big challenge was the flag. Made first one, painted, broke it, repaired it, not satisfied an go for a second one....
As the "spear"on the confedrate flag is unusual, here is the explanation (before to be stoned to death by "experts"
)
This flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 3rd wool bunting issue. Flags of this issue were manufactured at the Richmond Depot between July 1862 and May 1864. It was issued to the regiment after the loss of their 2nd wool bunting issue flag at Antietam (Sharpsburg) September 17, 1862. The flag was carried by the regiment at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where it was nearly captured on the first day (July 1, 1863) during the retreat from McPherson's Ridge. At that time, according to his account, flag bearer Private W. A. Castleberry placed the flag on the ground to prevent its capture. He then picked it up, tore it from the staff and placed it in his "bosom". On July 3rd, Colonel Birkett Davenport Fry noticed the flag bearer had attached "a formidable looking lance head to his staff."1 So, what Colonel Fry apparently saw, was the flag of the 13th Alabama Infantry attached to a lance which had been used to replace the missing staff.
The flag was captured on July 3, 1863 during the assault on Cemetery Ridge (Pickett's Charge) by the men of Co. C, 1st Delaware Infantry2. According to the report of Colonel S. G. Shepard, 7th Tennessee Infantry, three flag bearers were shot down while carrying the flag, "the last of whom was shot down at the works."3 Following the assault, Colonel Fry who had been captured, encountered "a federal soldier with an ugly wound in his shoulder," which he had "received from the spear on the end" of one of Fry's regimental colors.
As the "spear"on the confedrate flag is unusual, here is the explanation (before to be stoned to death by "experts"
)This flag is an Army of Northern Virginia, 3rd wool bunting issue. Flags of this issue were manufactured at the Richmond Depot between July 1862 and May 1864. It was issued to the regiment after the loss of their 2nd wool bunting issue flag at Antietam (Sharpsburg) September 17, 1862. The flag was carried by the regiment at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where it was nearly captured on the first day (July 1, 1863) during the retreat from McPherson's Ridge. At that time, according to his account, flag bearer Private W. A. Castleberry placed the flag on the ground to prevent its capture. He then picked it up, tore it from the staff and placed it in his "bosom". On July 3rd, Colonel Birkett Davenport Fry noticed the flag bearer had attached "a formidable looking lance head to his staff."1 So, what Colonel Fry apparently saw, was the flag of the 13th Alabama Infantry attached to a lance which had been used to replace the missing staff.
The flag was captured on July 3, 1863 during the assault on Cemetery Ridge (Pickett's Charge) by the men of Co. C, 1st Delaware Infantry2. According to the report of Colonel S. G. Shepard, 7th Tennessee Infantry, three flag bearers were shot down while carrying the flag, "the last of whom was shot down at the works."3 Following the assault, Colonel Fry who had been captured, encountered "a federal soldier with an ugly wound in his shoulder," which he had "received from the spear on the end" of one of Fry's regimental colors.
!!) Thnaks for the comment, but as always, the vignette is always better "in flesh" (despite all my efforts to capture a good pic...)
