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gress.' "The stand of colors has been prepared, and will be delivered to you by my Aid-de-Camp, Col. Davis; and you will accept assurance of the confidence I feel that this flag, entrusted to you as the commander of a regiment of Georgians, will be gallantly borne wherever our country's need may claim it, and be sustained with such heroism and patriotic devotion as shall further illustrate the proud history of Georgia. "The balance of the fund, which has been handed to me by the Hon. C. J. McRae, will be applied to the procurement of a sword, which will be transmitted to you as soon as obtained. "Had the request of the Congress been more promptly communicated, it would have received earlier attention. "Very respectfully, &c., "Jefferson Davis. Col. Cobb received the beautiful flag from the hands of Col. Davis, and after alluding to the fact that he had already expressed his thanks to Congress for bestowing this honor upon a regiment which it was his pride an