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so perned feyFarm-j a fewvillage Harry st-mill, ost of-polling p. Mr. s andof the d was in theZocat-re and :k lat-Jlister, irty toid thea’Tis only a fragment of bunting,Tattered and tom and old,And yet what a revelation Could half of its story be told. Christened with tears in the making, By women both loyal and true,As a token of love and affection,'Twas sent to the boys in blue.Unfurled amid huzzas and cheeringvZ?'Neath a far away southern sky, Every thread of its fabric was sacred To the members of Company I.As they promised to hold and defend it, And follow wherever it waved,Till the slaves should be free and unshackled,Their land united and saved.ie andilinger 3n the dation—Will Cundill:, /After Company I of the 24th Iowa Infantry had left Maquoketa to enter the Civil War, the women decided to make a huge flag which they sent the men, and which seived as the Company banner throughout the conflict Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Jacksonville, were among the battles fought and won under its leadership. Captured by the Confederates but recaptured by its own heroes it came through the war tattered butproud, and was -later presented to Ma-quoketa.V£ill Cundill, who as a boy of sevenyears had watched the flag being made and had been permitted to sew on a°f. one sfcar- composed a poem for the dedication services, and later took tae banner's picture with Jim “Peg Leg”Smith, a hero of Company I, who had lost ins leg in the war.a fine the p: street, pot.Affce Fisclfe took o manag ing_ fo only 1 the lu time. Maquo of the years,in 190The is ino yards and ai line. Reesecreamery, the latter built and operat- north oast th* i *Ad wv Pasc tae general store iMirinREThe
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 16, 1904
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