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Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
l say that its victories were less the reward of Southern than Northern valor? The blood of our fathers had been shed for it — a Southerner had hymned it in a strain which had become a national anthem; we were as much the original government as the North, and as much entitled to retain the original flag. So I thought, but others thought differently, and before the infant Confederacy had yet a flag or a government, we belted on our weapons, and gave to the winds of Mississippi the cross of Carolina. Then the stars and bars became our flag, and waved over the heads of our regiments when we first marched to guard the borders of Virginia. It retained most of the distinctive features of the old flag, but was still thought to differ from it sufficiently; but the first field of Manassas proved that it was a mistake. The Union was the same, the colors were all the same; and when the flags drooped ‘round the staff in that sultry July day, it was impossible to distinguish them. There was
Hamilton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
flag, The basis of the flag of the United States was the great Union flag displayed by General Washington on Prospect hill, in compliment, as he said, to the United Colonies, on the 2d day of January, 1776, the day of forming the new Continental army. On the evacuation of Boston by the British this standard was carried into the city by the American troops. It was the union of the crosses of Saint George and Saint Andrew, with thirteen stripes through the flag, alternate red and white--Hamilton's History U. S. Flag, p. 59. American Archives, 4th Series, vol. 5, p. 428. and the anniversary of the day which gave birth to the permanent Government of the Confederate States. I am, General, most respectfully, your obedient servant, Arthur L. Rogers, Major, Confederate States Artillery. Caaffin's Bluff, January 2, 1875. From the Baltimore Gazette. The above letter, taken from the files of the Richmond Whig, is a part of the history of the late war which was worth preserving. I
St. George, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
s, do we want with a new flag? We have had new ones enough already. I was originally in favor of retaining the old flag — that Star spangled banner, at whose very name our hearts were wont to thrill — over decks, where the haughty cross of Saint George and the vaunted tri-color had been humbled — on fields, whose names will live forever in song and story, that flag had floated triumphantly; and who shall say that its victories were less the reward of Southern than Northern valor? The blood o the United Colonies, on the 2d day of January, 1776, the day of forming the new Continental army. On the evacuation of Boston by the British this standard was carried into the city by the American troops. It was the union of the crosses of Saint George and Saint Andrew, with thirteen stripes through the flag, alternate red and white--Hamilton's History U. S. Flag, p. 59. American Archives, 4th Series, vol. 5, p. 428. and the anniversary of the day which gave birth to the permanent Government<
Loudoun (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
ogers, Major, Confederate States Artillery. Caaffin's Bluff, January 2, 1875. From the Baltimore Gazette. The above letter, taken from the files of the Richmond Whig, is a part of the history of the late war which was worth preserving. It is also a matter of interest to state that the author of the Confederate flag, as adopted by Congress, is a brave soldier who served through the war, and shed his blood in defence of the Southern cause. He raised a company of artillery from Loudoun county, Virginia, which was honorably mentioned for efficient service by General Beauregard in his report of first Manassas. He was reelected captain, promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct at the second battle of Manassas, and was attached to the staff of Stonewall Jackson when he fell at Chancellorsville. Cooke, in his life of Jackson, in referring to it, says: By this fire General Hill, General Pender, Colonel Crutchfield, Jackson's Chief of Artillery, and Major Rogers, of artillery, also
Lexington, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
nd that Major A. L. Rogers, of the artillery, though disabled for field duty, is anxious to render such service as he can perform. He was formerly attached to this army, and was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He is a gallant officer, and if there is any duty he can perform at the stationary batteries in or around Richmond, or in the camps of instruction, I recommend that he be assigned to it. I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General. Lexington, Va., January 6, 1864. General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond, Va.: Sir — As Major A. L. Rogers, of the artillery corps, is applying for duty, I am glad to bear testimony in behalf of so gallant an officer. In the spring of 1864 Major Rogers was ordered to report to Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson for duty, and was assigned as assistant to his aid, Colonel S. Crutchfield, Chief of Artillery. He performed the most important and gallant service, and was severely wound
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
e saltier or Saint Andrew's cross.as a union, to be hoisted, union down, when the occasion demanded. With regard to the seal we understand that the committee of Congress is ready to report for the obverse, the device suggested by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, of the cavalier. If by this is meant the figure of a man on horseback simply, nothing, it seems to us, could be in better taste or more appropriate as expressive of the habits of our people. The device is not new; indeed it is one of the oldeting character of the document, but also as a page in the history of our struggle. The bill adopting the new design has passed the Senate unanimously, and is now before the Committee on Flag and Seal of the House, composed of Messrs. Chilton of Alabama, Rives of Virginia and Chambers of Mississippi: Hon. Edward Sparrow, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, Confederate States Senate: General-While disabled for active service, I have employed a portion of my leisure in trying to im
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
he litter-bearers made their way to a point on the road where a solitary ambulance was standing. In this ambulance Colonel Crutchfield and Major Rogers had been placed when wounded. Although badly hurt, the latter insisted upon being taken out to make room for the General, and Jackson was laid in his place. The following letters from General Lee and General Jackson's Adjutant-General bear testimony to the gallantry of this officer: headquarters army of Northern Virginia, near Fredericksburg, January 6th, 1864. General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-General, &c., Richmond: General — I understand that Major A. L. Rogers, of the artillery, though disabled for field duty, is anxious to render such service as he can perform. He was formerly attached to this army, and was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He is a gallant officer, and if there is any duty he can perform at the stationary batteries in or around Richmond, or in the camps of instruction, I recommend
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
but the union is the same with that of the United States flag, and the bars are only wider stripes s corresponding in number to that of the Confederate States. In reference to the last flag adopt The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the flag of the Confederate StConfederate States shall be as follows: The width two-thirds of its length, with the union (now used as the battle, corresponding in number to that of the Confederate States; the field to be white, except the outeris deemed especially appropriate for the Confederate States--the white (argent) being emblematic of by Captain Hamilton, in the history of the United States flag, that they generally imitate the ensiker, the latter being at the head of the Confederate States Naval Academy. Your committee has been ry's flag, The basis of the flag of the United States was the great Union flag displayed by Genebirth to the permanent Government of the Confederate States. I am, General, most respectfully, yo[3 more...]
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 4.31
t was used by the Roman Emperors upon their coins and seals; and constituted the sole image upon the great seals of the sovereigns of England, with the single exception of Henry VI, from the time of William the Conquerer down to the sway of the House of Hanover. William and Mary appeared together on the seal, a cheval, thus introducing two horses. Cromwell discarded the horsemen from the seal of the commonwealth, but placed a representation of himself mounted on a charger upon the seal of Scotland. The Southern people are eminently an equestrian people. The horseman, therefore, is the best of all symbols to be placed upon their seal of state. But if by cavalier is meant any political character, anything more than a Southern gentleman on horseback, the device is objectionable as false to history, and as conveying ideas of caste. We were not all cavaliers and we have no patrician order. Far better were it to let the horseman be the well-known and revered image of George Washington
Zuni (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.31
ian order. Far better were it to let the horseman be the well-known and revered image of George Washington, as the loftiest development of the Southern gentleman. The whole design might be taken from Crawford's noble statue in the capitol square. A seal representing horse and rider, as there seen in relief against the sky, would be one of the simplest and most beautiful that the art of the die-sinker has ever given to cabinet or people. From a correspondent of the News.camp on the Blackwater river, March 28th, 1863. To the Editor of the News: Gentlemen — I sympathize most heartily with you in the article in your last number relative to the Confederate battleflag. A new flag. What, in the name of Moses, do we want with a new flag? We have had new ones enough already. I was originally in favor of retaining the old flag — that Star spangled banner, at whose very name our hearts were wont to thrill — over decks, where the haughty cross of Saint George and the vaunted tri-col<
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