The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-23
coNFEDERAcY's SECOND FLAG.
The Cherished Relic salutcd by Old
Veterans as They Pass.

Veterans as They Pass.
At Jones Pharmacy on Bull street is the
second flag made In the Confederacy, The
flag is the property Of Mrs H. e. Root.
whose husband was the color bearer Of
the Mcdonald Guards, a company from
North Georgia, named in honor Of Gov
Charles Mcdonald. The flag was made
in Marietta and was presented by Letiua
Tyler. granddaughter of John Tyler, the
first child born in the White House.
Representing nothing on Gods earth
now" Oh, no, not the old flag brave
hearts gathered under to die. II speaks
with strong, deep feeling Of the high cour-
age, noble fortltude, patient endurance
II tells Of struggles and battles and
wounds and death. 1t tells OF hunger and
cold, and heat and thirst. II reminds as Of
the long march, the rest on the bare
ground the ragged clothes. the many
unknown graves. II embodies honor,
bravery, self sacrifice, trust.
Folded away IN an old trunk. hidden
from the light of day for half the allotted
time OF man the old flag has rested. Only
shaken out now and then, again folded
with care, put back with a shudder with
a determined effort TO dream no more"
With that old flag speaking to us we
Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget"
Handle il tenderly. Not long now will
the faded bars. the field Of seven stars,
be other than dust Tattered, torn. faded,
but in March, 1861, bright faced gir.s,
lusty youths, determined women, with
mighty effort got the right colors, red,
white and blue-not of silk, too poor in
pocket for that, but Of homely de lane"
and stitched and pasted, planned and
worked TO manufacture the second flag of
the young Confederacy. While he boys
in the gray Jackets drilled the women
sewed the flag; stitching with smiling lips
and fearful eyes. With every stitch was
born a prayer, a tear. a hope. And when
all was done, the flag with the last star
fastened in place, with many a heartache
that Il was only the seventh, the boys In
their gray homespun Jackets fully
equipped, rallied around 1t, receiving 1t
from the hands Of that goden-haired girl,
Letita Tyler / sec her yet. flushed,
eager proud. She had just come from
Montgomery, where, II l recollect Alright,
she had presented a flag which waved over
the provisional capitol. TO these noun
tain boys she was veriiable goddess, and
the bit Of wool and tinsel received from
her hand was a thing of price. And that
is long since. Most Of the eyes that look
ed upon the flag that day are beneaih
the sod and the few remaining gaze at Il
with eyes dimmed with the years. weary
with waiting, the sorrow. the tears.
Just this once since that day when the
color sergeant tore It from the Flagstaff
at the foot of Kennesaw, wrapping II
around his body to save II from capture,
has isle old flag waved I'm public. All too
soon came the end, and the sorrowful cry
echoed throughout the land:
Down with the cross OF stars,
Too long has It waved on high,
1t is covered all over with battle scars.
1t is time to lay it by"
Let the old veterans and the new salute
IL. 1t is venerable with age II Is pass.
ing away as we are. 1t represents al
that was great in the dead cause. 1t is