The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-02-05
VOL. U--NO. 343.
THE FLAG is FOUND
Major York Tells About Its Capture
Years Ago.
lie Took a Trunk to Var and Of Course
Lost All in II.
AN OHIO YANKEE SEEMS TO HAVE 1T

People Who Come and Go--Brief Breyi-
ties of Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.
Following up the story which has been
printed in seveTal Of the state papers to
the effect that the lost flag Of the North
Carolina Grays had been found in the
possession Of man in Ohio who wanted
10 return il 10 the proper authorities, The
GLOBE after its usual cheerful habit Of
printing the news to-day secured an In
terview with Major r. W. York, who
was at that time captain of the company,
and secured from him the facts regard
ing the losing of the flag and much inter
esting information concerning it.
The flag, the major said, was one Of
the prettiest carried by any company in
the confederate army. 1t was made by
Miss PartIi1ge, who was conducting a
female school In Ia e sh and WHO in ad-
dition to her other accomplishments was
an artist Of rare ability. The body of
the flag was OF blue silk edged with
heavy gilt fringe On one side were the
arms Of North Carolina and on the other
pine tree with a coiled rattle snake,
1t was presented to the company by the
ladies Of Cedar Fork in June, 1861, and
was the occasion of well chosen remarks
from several OF the ladies present. A
number OF Bibles were presented to the
company, at he..same time accompan:e
by happy and timely presentation
speeches from Miss Lizzie Weatherspeon,
Miss Lou Gunter, now Mrs Jasper Chris
tlsn, OF this city, and Miss Mary Lyon
now Mrs. DR.. Lowe, OF Durham county,
then reigning bellies Of that neighbor-
hood
At the time the war broke out Major
York was principal of male academy
near Cedar Fork, and when the call to
arms was given forty of his students en-
listed with him as their captain and went
forth to battle.
Like all the southern boys who had
never smelt powder and whose know
ledge Of war was limited by the pictures
in their school histories, the gallant cap
tain went forth to die for hi. country
with his wife's Saratoga packed full of
clean linen and other articles deemed by
them necessary for his comfort and well
being
After their first engagement the trunks
being found to be seriously in the way
and their transportation impracticable,
his and about sixty others belonging to
members Of the company were left in
charge Of a man living on place adjoin-
ing Mt. Vernon and requested to hold till
further orders. In the captains trunk
was the flag and other valuablss After
the war the man was written to in regard
to the trunks and was told that they had
fallen into the hands of the federal troops
and that they had not since been heard
from.
And up to the recently published re,
port no clue has been found by which ia
trace the missing flag.
The man in Ohio who claims to have
the flag now In his possession is re-
quested by Major York to forward the
same to his address, which is Morris
vile, Wake county, n. c., who viii
promptly forward it to the state library
1t will then be placed on exhibition as al
historical relic.
Will the man in Ohio be as good a
his word?
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