" . . . it was not lost in the battle of Missionary Ridge, but at Chickamauga in the first charge on Sunday morning, the color bearer deserting and carrying the flag to the enemy. . . . Comrade Coleman does not remember the name of the deserter who, it is asserted, did the disgraceful thing of carrying the flag to the enemy."
[Confederate Veteran, Vol. XVIII, 1910, p. 655
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Chickamagua after battle report:
Report of Col. N. N. Davis, Twenty-fourth Alabama Infantry.
HDQRS. TWENTY-FOURTH ALABAMA REGT.,
Near Chattanooga, Tenn., October 5, 1863.
". . . . .The color bearer, Sergt. George W. Moody, receiving a severe wound, dropped the colors, which was not discovered until after the regiment was rallied. Lieut. Young, with 4 men, immediately volunteered to bring them off the field, but they could not be found. It is reported that Sergt. George B. Ackerman, of Company G, was seen with the colors in hand going toward the enemy's lines, and it is supposed he deserted, as he has not been heard from since."
Source: Official Records
PAGE 345-51 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLII.
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]
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George Moody, 2nd Corporal, Company D, 24th Alabama Infantry, enlisted November 9, 1861 at Mobile, Ala., listed as a Patient at the Le Vert General Hospital, Mobile, Ala. December 31, 1863, recorded as 5th Sergeant on an April, 1864 roll of Co. D, noted on Gen. Order No. 64/2, Subject: Honor roll, as Sgt. (Color-bearer), August 10, 1864, no further records
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George B. Ackerman, 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 24th Alabama Infantry, enlisted October 17, 1861 at Mobile, Ala., captured near Chickamauga, Ga. September 20, 1863, forwarded to Louisville, Ky October 5, thence on October 7 to Camp Douglas, Illinois prison, released having sworn allegiance to the United States March 29, 1864 at Chicago, Ill.
M311: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama