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THE OLD BATTLE FLAGCnon.s*y C. Eleventh K«nnaS. «rri«d by S.r5wn. fr.ierirt W. Hirth, J* Am afl ; Buttle* oE Old Fort Way«e. Caftfl HU! end Pra.ne Grovec n.„ ,.r tun 7?o-i flaEra in the center of the room. I hrFifty years ago, Saturday occurred the Battle, .of Prairie. Grove. Arkansas, and 'Saturday, in Plymouth ... Hall In this town, the ' survivors or Company 12 and Company C. who went tc war from Emporia and vicinity, met with .their friends to live over l; the' events of that day in Carners.” December T. 1SG2, was : ’ juat such- a day as this has been, said Captain Merit ago—clear an.I , cold and crisp, and- the suu shone as brightly and ihe birds sang as gaily-, that Sabbath day as if they were; another table the-framed portrait of, the-uel of the ’Eleventh-—the Jate Senator . Preston 13. Plumb, and with the portrait were the' colonel's' cavalry saddV and his , revolver. On the speaker’s table were Captrtiu Merit*-cavalry scabbard and saber— but he never has been able to get that saber inside that scabbard since a bail flattened the. scabbard at prairie Grove. And noar these interesting relies was the old battle flag—the one made and:presented by the Emporia Women:, whose pictures are shown today.The diningroom was gay with festoons of red. white and blue which entwined and connected tlio pillars not to witness one of the hardest-, and ended with-a festoon of small
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Emporia Weekly Gazette
Emporia, Kansas, US
Thu, Dec 12, 1912
Page 5
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