Civil War Flags

Tag attached to this flag reads: "Confederate Artillery Flag. This flag was captured by Newton McCan, a private soldier, Co. M, 2nd Regiment U.S. Regulars, on the evening of July 3rd 1963 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Presented to the State of Illinois on 14 July 1885." The 2nd Regiment of U.S. Cavalry was part of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. According to Confederate records, Moody's Battery or Moody's Artillery was in the battalion of Reserve Artillery on the Confederate right on 2 July, 1863 and may have accidently left their flag on night movement. O.R. Series I, Vol. 27, Pt. 1, pp387-388 and 429-431. Moody's Battery was the Madison Light Artillery, a Louisiana Artillery battery, also called Madison Tipperarys. It was commanded by Capt. George V. Moody and it is assumed that the inscription on this flag stood for Moody's Artillery.

Madison Light Artillery

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