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Re: Last NVA battle flag taken before surrender

Dennis,

The flag of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues survives in a museum on Norfolk, VA today. The year you could not make out was 1830, when the company first organized. The flag was presented to them in 1861.

The modern unit history of the battery, based largely on one member's diary, makes no mention of the flag's capture.

Thanks for posting.

Greg Biggs

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