Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts ... the Gettysburg battle’s third day, the flag was acquired ...

IONIA — Worn, but not tattered, a handmade silk Civil War battle flag is slowly fading away in ... a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and another leader of the restoration effort.