The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-15
TWO BATTLEFLAGS
LOST IN RICHMOND
Veterans Report Disappearance
Of Highly Priced
Standards.
DESCRIPTION Of THEM
Reunion Committee Making FL
forts to Locate Number Of
Missing Articles.

Several reports have come of ar
ticles lost during the Confederate Re-
union, none of which are more dis
tressing than the loss of two valued
flags The reunion committee is maxi
ing every effort to locate these miss
ing articles, and will appreciate any
information looking to their recovery.
Any articles found during the reunion,
for which the owners have not been To-
Gated, may be left at Colonel Gordon's
headquarters In the Mutual Building,
and the committee will be responsible
for their safe return.
One Of the flags lost Is the banner
of the Fourth North Carolina Brigade
OF United Confederate Veterans whose
headquarters is Asheville. N. c. This
banner had the North Carolina and
Confederate flags crossed 1t was
wrapped in brown paper, on which was
written the address Of Brlgadier- Gen :.
eral J. NJ. Ray, of Asheville.
Left on Street Car.
The other lost flag is described as a
silk flag, which was the battle
standard of the Twenty seventh Vir-
ginia Infantry. Stonewall Brigade, at
First Manassas. 1t was brought by one
OF that regiments survivors from
Union, w. Va, to Richmond during the
recent reunion. and here lost 1t is
said to have been left on Broad
Street car May goth. The survivors or
the company to which this flag was
presented in 1861. and many others in
Monroe county, w. Va. are distressed
by It's loss. and have asked the news
papers OF Richmond to publish the fol-
lowing description and brief history
and their earnest request for Informal
tlon which may lead to its recovery:
me flag orl, ~
1861 to the Monroe Guards, a company
OF Virginia State troops organized in
lSb9-6O at Union, Monroe county, by
General John lIchos, who was their
tirst captain. This company was later
Company D, Twenty -seventh Virginia
infantry. Tho flag was the gift Of a
number OF ladies Of Union, and the
| only one Of its donors now living is
Mrs. G. V. NJ. Brown, of Goshen. Va
| When the Monroe Guards left Union
~ May 1861, and marched to Harper's
Ferry. they carried the flag with them
AT liarper's Ferry, 1T is said, 1t was
! used Tor some time to mark tho hca d |.
Quarters OF General Stonewall Jackson
G = Chen coloneD lIEchols lending
IT. ior that purpose when jackson
| marched to the field of Manassas. III
flag was restored to its company anf
regiment and was carried through tina
pattie by Its color-bearer, William
jennings until no was wounded.
Made From Virginia Flas.
After First Manassas. this flag wa,
replaced with the Confederate battle
nag. by the general order OF the Con
tcderate government retiring Stat
standards and tho Southern nntiona
emblem for tho reason that tho bar
or red and white often resembled tn
stars and stripes and were confusin,
I IN Tune of battle. 1t was brought bac
70 Union and placed in the custody o
MISS Jennie Wiseman (now Mrs. II. {
} bVrnside). and by her kept hidden dur
ing the Federal invasions until tn
war was over
> Iils ola banner was made in par
rom virginia State flag. All tn
i stars save thirteen were blotted fror
i rs olne field when tho war broke oul
5 IN one side against the background q
1 rlue Is emblazoned the coat OF nrm
$ OF virginia with her heroic motto: 81
Sontper Tyrannis;' on tho other tn
woras' ,Our Constitutions and Fire
e Sides The bars are Of heavy sIl
0 given by ladies' of Union"