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James B. Wilsox, a resident of Shelby-ville, a soldier during the last war, serving in Company C, Sixty-seventh Indiana Regiment, has just received from. Major Bell, of the Tenth Mississippi “Tigers,” a small piece of the battle-flag carried by the Sixty seventh, which was captured by the “Tigers” at Mumfordsville, Ky., September 14, 1S62. On that day the “Tigers,” so named for their dash and bravery, made five desperate assaults on the Sixty-seventh and were as often repulsed, but securing reinforcements finally succeeded in capturing the regiment’s flag, which they afterward cut into small pieces and distributed as souvenirs of the hottest fight they ever had. Lately Major Bell, of the ‘‘Tigers,” who is still living in Mississippi, heard from a friend in Indianapolis, that the latter’s next-door neighbor, Jacob Gobel, was a member of the Sixty-seventh Regiment and forwarded to him his piece of the flag, which he in turn delivered to Mr. Wilson, of Shelbyville, who will take the relic with him to Seymour, where the surviving members of the Sixty-seventh will have a reunion on August 34 to 26.
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Brownstown Banner
Brownstown, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1887
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