Civil War Flags

According to the records of the Illinois Adjutant General this flag was captured by Corporal Joseph Claucus, Company E, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, at Blakely, Alabama, 1 April, 1865.Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, Springfield,(1886) Vol 1, p 164. In a report of Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Spurling, Commander of 2nd Maine Cavalry and 2nd Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry Division, 2 April 1865: (near Fort Blakely, Mobile, Alabama on 1 April 1865):"...Two companies of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry pursued the fugitives within half a mile of the enemy's works at Blakely, from which a sharp fire was opened with artillery. In all, 74 men were taken prisoners, including 3 commissioned officers. Nearly all of them were members of the Forty-sixth Mississipppi Infantry. The colors of that regiment were also captured:..."; O.R., Series I, Vol 49, Part 1, p.311.

Battle Flag

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