Return of the Ninth Indiana Cavalry regimental flag
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 176. New Orleans, La., July 2, 1865.
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4. Major H. R. Putnam, aide-de-camp (captain, Twelfth U. S. Infantry) having been relieved from duty on the staff of the major-general commanding, will proceed to the city of Washington and deliver to the Adjutant-General of the Army the following flags, surrendered by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, at Meridian, Miss., on the 10th of May, 1865: One U. S. garrison flag, one U. S. storm flag, one U. S. infantry regimental flag, one Ninth Indiana Cavalry regimental flag, captured during the red River campaign in 1864; two Confederate flags, used at headquarters Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Having performed this duty Major Putnam will report to the Adjutant-General for further orders.
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By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:
J. SCHUYLER CROSBY,
OR Vol. 48, Pt. 2, p. 1040