The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
FLAGS THAT MEN DIED FOR.
CoLoRs RoUND WHICH SobDIERS
OF NORTH AND SO VII RA LLIED.

Their Country-Reaimentsi F1ses -Bsn-
ner- Of the Stntea-Tho Irish Coiors.
These ian aeld for social atudy In tho upris-
inc Of 1se1. ON neither aldo wes.there then
firm anchorage for tho souls so profoundly
stirred ns 10 rush TO nrms. There was no ma
,ionol idea. No to-day. Fenl.y had been Civ on
prcviousIv IN pnrtios and 10 marty leaders,
md the degree of hatred felt and expressed
in tbose DAYS toward political opponents
would 10 considered treason now. with r-
spect of the great question which caused the
wnr the armies on both sides were divided; .
nou representing slavery would have found
half tho South ar-nycd against IL, and one en-
blematic OF abolition would have divided
the armed North. There we're abolitionists
I'm bosts I'm the ranks Of tho Confcderacy, and
there were hosts of anti. abolitionists In tho
armies OF Mcclellan and Grant. The Star
Spnnr,ed banner was the symbol OF the one
,hipa in which tho united North did believe.
Military power and the appeal to I've true to tho
aau proved more effective in stirring up war
cnthusIasm than the slogan of any party or
section. Tho Southern leaders Scre fully
aware OF this. and quickly devised a banner
in which the striking and familiar colors and
emblazonry wcro preserved.
Tho custom In the Union army was to have
each regiment carry two flags, a roslmontal,
with tho state coat.of-arms cmblazon"d upon
a plain blue field, and a national. the Stars and
Strips, with tho name and number OF the
m The rcSimontal flags of the Irish
deep green omblazoncd with the harp sun
t SusS, service ~na s carpic% such AH ila ae1sA ' HOW deeply iy
Celtic e%I enthusiasm could be- stirred by the
banner of green was illustrated during Ito
rcpulso of Pickett at Gettysburg: cownn's
lIcve cushinG's about the time that Armistead's
men had reached tho Stone w,ll. a sinful null
a r.,Ia ,nar mV ,,'a ies. ," "S ~ ,no , ~ ro,nt-
e GnO III from @nw sne .0t ar t%ws'a an ,n Ir tIrunIp" not ' oaps.
80 - -, a,.n, mr,,nr It, con-,
f forward divine where " the missiles %s' few thick fi and fast.
suddenly Erin's banner flashed from behind a
Iedoc ~ rock and CAUGHT his eve. Rising in
DIS stirruos' no eNcla'meu' 'dlther . | 'Noses!
the ovid nag" and dashed and srurred MS
horses or with a display of zeal that hts Cap.
ta'h' oy inc hoSt Pro'"he "ppe"''' INV ""ef
BEEN nn able to aon arouse Sa e., ., xor,,.rn haiti. s.v,
49, ~ soI, -, Sn,,h.rr ono. Zoo Ear
can DO sau Oh .ouIherh ohos' .oo. H"on
cunt. and with them, as a symbol. it. w
co,ors, usunllv the cont Of arms of The stats
on a plain field. Among such were the "a
mous Palmetto" OF south CAROLINE he Pei. .
Eorty;sevonth North Carolina bore The da,es
.n"N ". . INV NfNs W 49, ~
and Of the secession Of the stat. N'"
stars and Bars. a flag partly copied from the
Union banner and, bearing such a strong re-
tinguishable in the field. In. battle the op-
posing. commands became ,hopelessiy, on
the results were bloody enough, to suit, the oc-
casion. tho 'Southerners thought. the slaughter
trolucc new colors as battle flags. leaving
the stars and Bars for civil and hea iqustters
peared in 1862. and the cross. similar to that
If the Crescent City flag of 1861; was its 9rin-
With two blue diagonal bars having narrow
white borders crossed in the'centre: the bars
e weFe S Thdts st st'f ths su Fa. 9Ted p aGSS,diR tSei to barn
with a single star. The famous flag song,
That bears a s Single star D'' "As
VIVA sroonstad nv tho eog of Toxa Tn. or,.-
nal Texas nag had been : blue ~ With a whit.
took the cross they retained the lone star.
The cross made the Confederate nag con-
end. being twice n,odified. On the battle aago S
f fsS;a Il the crossed bars ex,ended from c HaTe
and that nrrsnge nu rt' save MACE IN 1sS San no
me with a White fy having a reduced Battle
naGSd as a ipIr in mass ss'I That ~ th. cnlo wh hse. > Pr i
most Invisible IN a strong breese. and the flag
on on'T the other { M'a edge yet Of: the ef Nv. OF Tn There T"s w pis:c no
g T,Sthhk'n ns t the fe ssmnoi Of S me o u t faa n,tlI TIE ne
" ~ 81. Wy =
The fia .me 81 Sfa IT.. wv Enrty ~ ipf Ih Gn nn ana 9iue:
sitth' aS = y, Sn9 = 49, ~ lie rrEo,n ~ Iao
baitie feas Of he East and ,hu' West as the1
,Eera e rs desivned Viii 10 nv mrs1, ~ they
ross with wills stars and bordsrs n u ~
e eroun T.'" "n'e S'"'S " ooraers on a req
The Sixth Kentucky belonged to the ra-
ness6Sed pr 1H zen hr' Hps ls IN }dst s sfase e. name nn,s
tIe oF Nm e,.hnrn PreviuTs ,n II oat-
thaso ran bo1 nncn refsrraS , ing Jm,.ie
hacousa tbov .ore 1870 W ns orpranss
t tnhn disfrSn , Ti ana disau so5s OF heh.
pntHHSSc, Stnte Tor ioirinn M" ,ha Sonf Nv the,r
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snn The foth, nv of no h. hrrhfeear e'nusr, ooI' Han;
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haio. mus they becane doubly orphaned.
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rn.;ny his hrInana 90 >" u1psahSoi tne MN COM
trnc Of hmerinnn mo o. no5 'raSinR tne hlRhest
innly 800 After thrn. Muinper,nR orig
49, dm o q ~ threr Years OF service ~