The 21st. North Carolina Inf. must have had its flag captured more than once. Pvt. Oliver P. Rood of Company "B" of the 20th Indiana Inf. was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing the 21st's flag at Gettysburg on 3 July, 1863. The medal was issued on 1 Dec. 1864 along with Company "G"'s Sgt. William Thompson's medal for capturing the 55th Va Inf. flag at the Wilderness on 6 May 1864.