Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-05
OF THE LOST CAUSE
HISTORICAL RELICS IN THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS. N
Battle Flags That waved on Every
sterniy Contested Field During hat
Colossal struggle, with Their Tender
Memories, Are sacredly Kept.


Memories. Are sacredly kept.
Ia Memorial Hall in New Orleans is
"a wonderful collection of relics of the
Lost Cause There is the flag OF
Hilllard's Alabama legion. which was
pressed eighty-three times in the
charge up SnodgrasB hill at the battle
OF Chickamauga. which had hundreds
Of men killed under it. which had
throL color-bearers killed while wav-
ing it on high. and which vas at last
plan.ed where they wanted to plant 1t,
while the command having lost half
VI It's strength under the orders Of a
first lieutenant assembled under its
buliet-torn folds and gave a cheer
weak and feeble though the men
were-of defiance and resolution
And there is tie tiny rocking chat,
upholstered in velvet with lilies, a
o mahogany chair. used by Miss
Winnie Davis when she was a child.
The flag Of the 25th Louisiana regi-
ment, army of Tennessee, faded, fraz-
lied, worn, dropping from the weight
Of years-the flag which Lieut.. Estille
wrapped around his body the night be-
fore the surrender in order that it
might be brought safe to the golden
hearts and the tender hands of the
women of New Orleans who made it
hangs here.
Forty-eight per cent Of the 4th
Louisiana regiment was killed at
Chickamau.a. They went in under
command OF a colonel and came out
under command of a second lieutenant.
Flags of the 18th Louisiana. Dreaux
battalion from New Orleans. Black
Jaegers of the pod Louisiana. a piece
of the 10th Louisiana, 18th Louisiana,
Rosalie Guards from West Fellclana,
COwan's battery. st. Mary Ca%nnoneers,
L~egardeur's battery, guidon guards Of
New Orleans. lancehead and flag Of
I'd Louisiana cavalry. Goth Louisiana,
30th Louisiana captured by the 46th
Chic. and restored in September, 1901,
flag used by merchantmen in the con
tederate service. Washington artillery,
10th Missouri. all these are draped
oven their stats in the main hall.
Hardee's corps flag, a rare one, with
the names Murfreesboro. Perryville,
Pennington aud Shiloh inscribed
around the name of the corps IN a
circle. occupies a conspicuous place
near the platform.
Az these tell their story of courage.
The bullet holes are eloquent of suf-
fering, of privation, of long. weary
M pphog aud nf g1npama nDIrintlGm
The flag of Gems. B%eauregard and
Johnston. made from the silk skirts
of the Misses Cary of Richmond and
presented to the generals after the first
battle of Manassas. flies here. \
small piece of tn" flag which Heated
from the dome ~ the confederate
capitol at Richmond during the seven
days battle when Lees little army
held the city safe against overwhelm-
ing odds. the flag which the soldiers
fought for at Maryo's Heights, at Cold
Harbor. at Gaines Mill and in the
wilderness. is scarcely kept.
And there are fragments Of the stan
dard of the 18th Louisiana which the
men tore up the night before the sur
render. They had marched under it,
starved for it for four years.; 1t was
theirs and they would not give it up.
There are cannon balls from nearly
a hundred battlefields. minnie balls,
stray bullets. pieces of muskets, a
fragment of the i.agstaff of Fort Sum
ter, a fragment. of the flag of the
crescent City regiment. which was
divided among the men the night be-
fore he surrender OF Natchitoches,
Every conceivable kind of relic from
the great columbiad to a bird shot,
all these have. and there is a story
to each.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.