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54th GA. Inf. Flag in the Battle of Atlanta

Not a detail of the flag, but a description of the damage it incurred.
Richard

RICHMOND [VA] WHIG, August 24, 1864, p. 1, c. 3

A Hot Place.—In one of the charges by Hardees' corps on the battle of the 22d July, near Atlanta, the flag of the 54th Georgia was perforated one hundred and fifteen times, and its staff twice broken by the enemy's shot.

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