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Q1VS BACK TUB BATTLB FLAG.Boston Pool-Governor Willisma, of Indian*, Is in receipt of * letter from B. B. Habbard, Governor of Tex*., which i. better explained by publioe-tion in foil.••AcfeTiK, T«xas. Oat. 12th, 1877 — Hit Excellency Jamct D Williamt, Governor of Indiana. —Dear Sir: In bebsll of tbe surviving members of the Eighth Tex*. Regiment, better known m the ‘Terry Ranger.,’ I have been recocted to write to yon and nek—if it can be done—that yon will Mad by express to Colonel W. B Sayres. Gonsalse, Texas, who will pay charges, the battle-ll*g of said regiment, which was lost Oct 13:b. 166-t. in a battle near Coosa-ville, Georgia, and is now in tbe library of the State Ilooee or yoor State. Now that tbe war ia over, and aneient friendships are being restored, it would be a tonvenir of tbe dead whom this command left on tbe field of honor, to have tbeir old standard returned to them. It will be another evidenoe that we are indeed friends again, and hsve clasped onr bands io fraternal onion. I hsve the honor to be, very respectfully, K. B. Hubbard.
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The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Sun, Dec 02, 1877
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