Confederate flag captured near Nashville, Tennessee
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1862
label: associated date
content: ca 1861 - 1865
label: associated date
content: 1864 - 12 - 16
notes: label: Description
content: Confederate Artillery Flag captured near Nashville, Tennessee in 1864. The cotton flag has a blue field with 13 stars arranged in the form of an "X" to the left of three solid bars, alternating red and white. The flag bears an ink inscription: "Battery flag. Rebel. Captured by Andrew J. Sloan, Private, Co. H. 12th Iowa Infantry at the Battle of Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, December 16th, 1864". This object is part of the General Edward D. Townsend Collection of relics of the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Department during the American Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Confederacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.18967 [dup1]
label: catalog number
content: 18967
label: accession number
content: 62555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag
label: Other Terms
content: Flag; Military; CSA, Army; Guidon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 20 in; 34.29 cm x 50.8 cm