Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-24
S O'CLOCK p. M,
THE CAPTURED FLAGS-AN INTERESTING
INTERVIEW

At eleven O'Clock this morning, General
Custer had an interview with the Secretary of
War; and said that he had been ordered by
General Sheridan to turn over to the Depart
ment the flags captured in the recent battle at
Cedar Greek, and to present to the Secretary of
War the men who had captured them. The
following were the flags presented:
Flag of the Cd s. @. regiment, captured by
Col. George M Love, 10th New York vols
Fleg Of the 18th Va infantry, captured by Ser
geant David H. Scofield, 5th n. Y. cavalry.
Flag Of the 4lth Georgia infantry, captured by
Chief Bugler T. NJ. Wells, 9th N, Y. cavalry
Flag supposed to be Gen. Ramseur's head
quarters flag, captured by James Sweeny, 1st
Vermont cavalry. Flag OF the 18th Georgia
infantry, captured by Private UIrich Crocker
9th Michigan cavalry. battle flag captured
by Capt Edwards, LIST Vermont cavalry, en-
trusted to the care of Corporal John Welch, 5th
New York cavalry, in consideration of the fact
that WEIGH re captured from the enemy the flag
of the 18th N. .infan try, hich had fallen into
the hands of the rebels in their morning attack.
A batte-fiag captured by Corporal Daniel p
Regle, s7th Pennsylvania volunteers The
Secretary inquired of Corporal Reigle if the
staff to W hich the flag was fastened, and which
bore the appearance of having been hastily
made, was captured with the flag. The Cor
poral replying in the negative, the Secretary
asked how it happened that the staff was not
captured with the colors. "Why, SIR" said
the Corporal, " he tore the flag off the staff
~whe l came close to him, and took it away
from him. Did he skedaddle ;" inquired
the Secretary. "He did, SIR" was the
prompt response, land l kept the flag"
Flag of the 18th n. g. infantry, captured by
Serg't Z. u. Woodbury., LIST Vt. cavalry. The
staff upon which this flag was fastened had
evidently been very excellent jointed fishing
rod, and admirably subserved the purpose to
which it had been applied. battle flag cap
tured by private Ira Hough, Sth Indiana in
tantry. flag captured by private jeremiah
Parks. 9th n. y cavalry, a youth not yet Is
years OF age, ard who has not vet been in ser.
vice two months. The Secretary expressed
the hope that before the war terminated Parks
would win Major Generals commission.
Sweeney, who captured the flag, supposed
to belong to the late Gen1 Ram eur's head
quarters, is not yet Is years of age. His
PLANTATION to the Secretary of The capture was
very amusing-"Me and another one of the
boys (said he,) stsaw an ambulance, and or.
deTed it to halt. Says the driver, the General
ordered the ambulance 10 60 on. Says /,
what GeneralH Says the driver, Gen. Ram
seur." Says l, 'that is the very man am
locking tor So the other boy and N.Y.
sell LUX NcueIul hdNSeuT, Tie surgeon,
the ambulance the driver and the horses"
General Custer explained that the boy had on
gray jacket when he made the capture, and
had thus misled the driver of General Ram
seur's ambulance. The Secretary said that he
would like TO see the sother boy who Sweeny
stated was Corp. Fred. Lyons, 1st VT. cavalry
Secretary Stanton then returned to these SOL
diers the thanks Of the Department and of The
Government for their gallantry in this great
and brilliant battle, stating that each of them
would be furnished with medal in commem-
Grafton Of their bravery; and, said he, "to show
you how good Generals and good men wori.
together, l have already appointed your COM
manding General {Custer) a Major General.
General Custer" he continued, taking him by
the hand, ga gallant officer always makes gal.
liant soldiers"
This announcement was received with ire
mendous cheers oy the large number ofpersons
who had assembled in the audience room OF the
Department, to witness the presentation, while
the EN- EMBARRASSED looks of General Custer as he
bowed his thanks for the unexpected promo.
tion, showed that his modesty was equal to
his courage.