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Trophies of the Past.Jack is amorg the collection. ThiFifteen confederate battle tla^s cap- British flag was taken from the dome; house occupiedured by Michigan boys in blue during of a private d\v he war of the rebellion are among the by a British resident at 1* relics in the war museum at the Mich* Va., by Captain Steele, of Ingham:anAn interesting history county.Is conneeted with each tattered andlime-worn standard of the confederacy, and the Lansing Republican relat.es panv F, Sixth Michigan infantry, aiThe battle flajj of the Ninth Louis-iana battalion was captured by lt;’om-Fthem as follows:the battle of Baton Kouge. August r». FThe first one coming to notice in the 1862. Small * nisei emlr oidered starsglass cases where they are kept is the are on its field of blue. H has three j ^beautiful banner of the Taylor Grays, stripes of red and white.It was presented to them by the ladies Another pretentious standard is thatof King William county. It was cap- of the Fifth confederate avtilh-y. It 'tured in Virginia by James L. Carpen- *as captured by the Fifteenth Mielii-ter, captain in the Seventh Michi- Kan infantry July 22, 186-1. Its painted jgan Infantry. It was deposited it* themuseum November 1897, by J. P. Ibackground has faded to an olive hue. Ill the center is the name of the coin-lCarpenter. The standard is of blue niand with two crossed cannons. Tin*i tattered emblem bears the followingilk. Inaa eblue field. An Americanoruinscript ions:i ** *eagle carries in its beak a scroll with Shiloh. ‘ Farmington,f *4 *•ees-the inscription:“God assisting we have nothing to fear.'*A small banner of deep blue cloth with a crescent and a cluster of palmetto branches was presented to the museum by Mrs. Moses Taggart and lt;’. Van Cleve Ganson. It was captured by Col. Towne in a hand-to-hand encounter with the enemy in one of the'Wcharge's made by the First Michigan Cavalry at the last battle of Bull Run. In this valiant act Col. Towne received two saber strokes and two pistol shot j wounds. He recovered from these anil lived to perform much other valuableservice for his country-.boro, “Perrinville,” “Chiekamauga.*“Ringgold.” t Iof Gen. V\s\Iwas captured from Forest’s rebel forces near Franklin,-Tenn., Jum 4. 1863, by the Second Michigan cav-a I ry.A rebel fiag captured from a NorthCarolina regiment by ihlt;* Second Mich Figan cavalry, has three red, white and hi tie stripes and white stars on a fieldof blue. In the center of each star is a gilt ornament.The flag of a North Carolina regiment was taken at Asheville. N. (*.,by Sergt. Byron Howard, of CompanyE, Eighth Michigan cavalry.Another confederate flag was takenThe most elaborate emblem in the | at the surrender of Petersburg, Va., collection is a la-ge banner made of April ]865i by the second Michiganfblue silk with heavygoldbullion infantry.fringe, on the side is a large oil paint-The most tattered stars and bars ining. In the center stands a life-sized the museum is the flag of the Thirty-figure of a woman representing the fourth Virginla rebe! infantry. It wasgoddess of war. Her head is covered taken by the Fourteenth Michigan Inwith a high red cap arid her hair is fantry aL Hentonville, N. €., March 11.hanging down her hack. A red cloak is x8(5. clasped at the throat and thrown backover her shoulders. Her right breast is bare. She is leaning on a drawn jsword in her left hand, while in herright hand she holds aloft a streamerwith the motto: “Wilcox True Blues,Woman’s Offering to Patriotism.” Cn-demeath these words are seven small gilt stars and one large one. At her be rough and profane. Dr. Trumbullright foot is a locomotive with the S*ve« the following example of bluntA small confederate flag was takenin Missouri by Lieut. Tyler in 1862.—Detroit Tribune.fA Strange “Amen.”Soldiers, like sailors, are rarely scoffers at religion, even though they mayname, “Alabama.” At the woman's left foot is a steamboat with the! words, “Alabama River” on the wheel-house, while underneath is the name !reverence.“At a gathering of army officers, at a, since the war, a veteran general, standing at a table near me whileIIof the confederate president, “Jeff j a chaplain asked a blessing, quietly Davis.” On the opposite side of the reached down and took the table-knife flag is a shrub in full bloom. Under- lt;rom th^ side of his plate, at the closeneath it is a large serpent with aof the blessing, and, bringing its hiltdouble-forked tongue. Over shrub and sharply to his chest, gave a militaryserpent is the Latin name of the plant,as follows:* * \rNoli me tangere,” goodsalute with it before returning it to itsplace, saying seriously, ‘I always sa-!words of women, meaning “Touch me Me my Maker.’ That knife gesture* tThis chivalric emblem of the was the general s ‘Amen.not.rebellion was captured at Tiptonville, Endeavor World.Tenn., pear Island No. 10, in the Mississippi river, in June, 1862, by a squadof Michigan men under command of Jacob L. Richmond, then orderly sergeant, later captain of Battery H, FirstMichigan Light Artillery. Lieut. Spen-ChristianF. M. Cockrell, Jr.. son of Ex-Senator Cockrell, is the inventor of asugar cane cutter that promises to tevolutionize the sugar-planting industry of the south and at the same time to make its inventor a millionaire. Hiscer of the battery, detailed the captors machine will do the work of more thanto make a raid on some rebel officers l one hundred men.who were in the habit of visiting their friends at Tiptonville. The confederates escaped from the house and an old lady concealed the banner and a number of rebel flags, which they leftbehind in their haste, under the cushion of her chair, but this did not es cape the observation of the sharp-eyedMichigan boys, who secured the trophies and received a sharp tongue lashing from the old lady in consequence.The standard of the First Alabama cavalry was captured by the Fourth Michigan cavalry at Middleton, Tenn., May 22. 1863, and was presented bythe captors to the people of MichiganITRY A RECORD WANT AD.**•“YOUR MONEY I»NO GOOD”and will be refunded to you if after using half a bottle ofTHE FAMOUSMATT.J. JOHNSOHSIIOn its bl”e field twelve small stajsurround one large star. 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Traverse City Evening Record
Traverse City, Michigan, US
Wed, May 24, 1905
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