The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
Captain E. G. Timme to Carry Back to
"Dixie" the Flag Captured From
First Tennessee Regiment.
WON ON A CORY BATTLEFIELD.
Kenosha Soldier Will Show the Ability of
the North to Forgive and Forget the
Struggles of the Civil War.

The flag of the First Tennessee
regiment of the Confederate army, a
trophy highly priced by the members
of the first Wisconsin regiment, which
has been in the keeping of Capt. E..
G. Timme, Of this city, for the past
few years, is to be taken back to the
men who fought under it, and Capt.
Timme has notified the leading sur
vivors of the famous Tennessee regi-
ment that he will make a trip to Nash
vile in the near future and present
the flag to the survivors to become a
decoration for their headquarters.
The flag is one of the historical
trophies of the war of the rebellion
and for years it has been carefully
guarded by Capt. Tinme.
It's history recalls some of the most
stirring events of the civil war and it's
capture was effected at one of the
bloodiest fights of the great war
which disrupted the nation.
Captain Timme was a member Of
Company c, of the first Wisconsin
Volunteer regiment and the First
Tennessee regiment was the flower of
the confederate army. It w; COM
posed of many of the leading young
men of Nashville, and when the regi-
marched proudly out of Nashville
early in 1861, it carried at the head of
the column the flag which had been
made by the young ladies of the city,
and which had been presented to the
company with pomp and ceremony,
but it was destined to be one of the
first flags to fall into the hands Of
the Union Soldiers. At the battle of
Perryvi11e on October s, 1861, the
Tennessee regiment was in the van
guard of the Confederates which at
tackled the Union army and the Fir st
Wisconsin regiment led the charge
for the Union Troops. The battle
which ensued was one of the b1oodiest
of the war and when the fight was
over the members of the Nashville
regiment retired in broken columns
while the co1ors of the regiment were
held secure by the members of the
First Wisconsin.
When Captain Timme went to Chat
tanooga a short time ago as member
of the commission selected to name the
sites for monuments on the field of
battle there he passed through Nash
vile and was entertained by some of
the survivors of the famous Confeder-
ate regiment. These men spoke of
the love that they had borne for the
famous stand of co1ors and stated that
they would be willing to give any
thing to have them returned to the
city of Nashville. Capt. Timme re-
membered that the flag was in his
keeping and offered to telegraph
for it, lbut a number of the surviv-
ors insisted that it had been taken by
the Union army and that they would
only accept it from the hands of one
of the men that had captured it.
The old show of Southern Chiva1ry
decided the matter and Captain
Timme has notified the former COM
mander of the First Tennessee that
he will bring the flag to Nashville
anu present IL TO the Survivors.
Arrangements are being made to
receive the flag with pomp and cere-
mony and it will be given a great
reception by the people of Nashville
and it's return viii cement more firmly
| the feelings of love and friendship
between the North and the South.
The flag is a bunting flag some
three feet square and every stitch of
| the work on it was done by the young
women of Nashville. 1t presents the
stars and bars on field of red and
white and blue and is one of the most
| beautiful stands of colors ever carried
in the Confederate army.