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Maryland War Flags Chronicle Confederate and Union Banners
Maryland appoints a two army commission led by Governor John Walter Smith to collect old battle flags carried by Maryland troops in the Civil War. Union members King and Agnus. Confederate representatives Wheeler and Jones. Flags reside at Wilson Post Hall Baltimore and Confederate Soldiers' Home Pikesville with some located with families. Notable flags include the Ninth Infantry color torn from a prisoner and the Second Maryland Veteran Regiment flags at Petersburg.
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John Walter Smith
Maryland
John R. King
Felix Agnus
Wilson Post Hall
Baltimore
Pikesville
William J. Razin
Kent County
William L. Rasin
John Henry Winder
Strange
Ninth Infantry
Col
B. L. Simpson
Abbey Prison
Wntil
Wilson Post
Flsg
Second
Maryland Veteran Regiment of Volunteers
B. F.taylor
Petersburg
Arines
R. N. Bowerman
D. T. Bennets
Peters- Dare
Yellow House
Weldon Railroad
WN. T Dashane
William Taylor
Jacob BR. Tucker
United Seaces Tiesary
Pacinos
Tucker
N. T. Dushane
Kenly
Califores
Mary
Yao Lafantry
Calpe Hill
Gattesburg
James R. Herbert
M. W. Goldsborough
William H Murray
Harrisburg
Morris Shanks
Bradley T. Johnson
First
Maryland Cavalry
Indies
Frederick