Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-10-24
MORE BANNERS FOR THE STATE.
Confederate Flags Torn By Shot
and Shell TO be Furled at State
House.

yember ~, when twelve tattered-forn
flags carried through the Civil War by
Maryland troops in the Confederate
Army will be turned over 10 the state
for custody by the governors Of the
Association Of the Maryland line.
The flags will be brought here un-
der the auspices OF the Society # the
Army and Navy Of the Confederate
States, who Will give au excursion
here on that day. The fags viii be
presented by Capt. George ". Booth.
president Of the society, and Cover
nor Warleld will receive them on the
part OF the State. The flags are now
at the Commonwealth Bank, being
taken care Of and gotten ready for
their journey by Mr.. James X. Wheel
er, president of ne bank and one Of
the flag commissioners appointed by
ex-GoyernoT Smith.
The custody Of the cclors, bistOTi-
calIy SO valuable, has been n source
Of anxiety and worry to the governors
of the association. Four Of them
the standards Of the Second Maryland
infantry. Company A, Of the First
Maryland Infantry and two flags Of
80. Seconl Maryland CayalTy-baye
i,ren kept at the Confederate Soldiers
Uvs.r. at Pikesvilie. The others have
oeen scattered around among private
80 Bers in the South.
fsaIiDg heir Joss through Ere. theft
or vandalism. the governors traced
them down, got them together and de-
cided to ask the State to take care Of
them. The Department Of Maryland
Of the Grand Army, with an equal
number OF historic Hags, felt the same
way, and in 1900 an act was passed
by the Legislature authorizing the
State To become the custodian.
suitable appropriation was made and
hagrOOm for the relics set aside in
the State House.
Governor Smith appointed four
commissioners TO look TO the installa-
tion Of the flags. They were Captain
John X. King and George W. johnson,
who fought on the Union side, and
Messrs. Spencer &. Jones and James
X. Wheeler, who served in the Con-
federate Army.
All the flags were carried by the
Maryland Line, the brigade which
served with such honor and dIstinc-
tion in the war. They are torn and
frayed from the fire OF battle and the
rayages Of time. One nag-that Of the
First Maryland Infantry shows a
large hole in the very center, torn by
a bursting shell At Manassas. In all
the Confederate Army there was no
more conspicuOusly brave command
than the regiment that carried this
flag. Commanded by Col. Bradley Il.
Johnson, ,afterward.a brigadier-g general,
II served until it was disbanded in
August. 1862.
The banner was made by the ladies
OF Baltimore and presented TO the
regiment at Manassas on its arrival
before the battle, having been taken
the blockade under uch diff
Guilty by Miss Hetty Cary. The reg
iment followed IL through every en-
gagement in the first year Of the war,
and In the campaign Of St0newall
Jackson through the Valley Of Viz
ginia it marked the commands posi-
tion as advance guard.
Sewn 10 the flag is a bucktail, which
Major General EwelI ordered append
ed after the First's fight with the
Buektail Rifles. The
latter was a regiment Of sbarpsboOters
who had the bucktail as their i'm
sigma. Tney were disastTously de-
feated by the Maryland regiment.
GordOnsyiIle, just before the battle Of
Cedar Mountain, il was decided 10
present the colors to Mrs. Bradley Il.
J Johnson, who had proved such a good
friend Of the MaTylandeTs. Color
Sergeant Edwin Sewage, who now
lives IN New York, went to Char
lottesviIle accompanied by a commit
tee made up Of the first seTgeants Of
Il
over 10 Mrs. Johnson. ~ her death
she willed IL 10 her son, Bradley ;.
J JOhnson, Of Rock Castle. Va, from
whom the Association OF the Mary
land Line got II.
The standard OF the Second Maryland
Infantry. another flag that Will be
kept in the state House, was also car
ried through many battles. At Gettys-
burg, where the regiment served with
distinction, the hag was brought
out, torn by bullets and saber slasbes,
but still in possession Of the Tegi-
neDt.
The battle flag Of the First Maryland
Cavalry also has history. 1t is Of
bunting Of the kind issued by the Con-
federate Government IN the last years
OF fhe war, and at Appomattox the
DORSEY, OF Company A, tore the flag
from its sfaff. wrapped il about him
aud carried II away. Later be left it
with lady IN Bedford county, Va,
for safety.
It was this regiment which claimed
the last man killed in action. lie
was Private William.C Price, OF Com
pany T., in which Mr.. James r.
Wheeler also served, and lie was kill
ed in the last cavalry charge at Apo
mattox. other flags that will be taken
care Of by the state are the coiOrs Of
the Second Maryland Cavalry, a COM
pany commanded by Col. J.. Lyle
Clarke the Third Maryland Artillery,
the headquarters flag OF the Maryland
Line, and one or two signal wig-wag
flags.
Everybody is going totbe Democratic
mass-meeting tonight at the Colonial
Theatre to hear Hon. Isidor Rayner.
United States Senator, speak on the