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Manuscript auction, Captured US Flags

For those who might find this interesting. This note is coming up at auction.Estimated Price: $700 - $900

Description: RECEIPT FOR YANKEE FLAGS CAPTURED AT DREWRY'S BLUFF
Fine war-date A.D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.p.], May 20, 1864, in part: "Recd of Lt. H. D. Harris Actg Asst Adj Genl: Four Flags captured May 16th 1864 by Kemper's Brigade near Drewry's Bluff. H. G. Wale Ch Cl...". Very good. The four day battle at Drewry's Bluff in Virginia, May 12-16, 1864, pitted 48,000 Union men under Benjamin Butler against 18,000 Confederates led by Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard. Butler's caution allowed Ransom to hit his right flank, and the Yankees took a drubbing. The battle stopped Butler's advance on Richmond.

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