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The Daily Dispatch: may 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], The U. S. Flag in the Revolution of 1861 . (search)
The U. S. Flag in the Revolution of 1861.
--A late number of the Christian Observer has an interesting article under the heading of "The U. S. Flag in the Revolution of 1861." a portion of which we copy:
The attempts to re-establish the supremacy of that flag in the South have been peculiarly unfortunate Southern soil was first invaded in the occupation of Alexandria.
The first act of Col. Ellsworth, on entering the city, was to tear down the Confederate flag upon the Marshall House 1861." a portion of which we copy:
The attempts to re-establish the supremacy of that flag in the South have been peculiarly unfortunate Southern soil was first invaded in the occupation of Alexandria.
The first act of Col. Ellsworth, on entering the city, was to tear down the Confederate flag upon the Marshall House — but he paid the penalty of his life.
The bosom friend of Abraham Lincoln was the only man in his regiment killed at the time, and he lost his life in the first attempt to remove our flag from our soil.
The next step after tearing down the Confederate flag was to raise the United States flag upon the market house in Alexandria.
A rigger climbed the flagstaff to arrange the tackle for hoisting it. He fell and broke his neck.
Death was the punishment to unfurl a flag the people had repudi