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Offical count, Union flags "Crater"

Ok I have the official total of Union flags captured at the Crater (From the OR 40) Page 754

A total of at least 23 Union flags were captured.

Here is the list:

Mahone's Brigade:
6th Va----1 (11th New Hampshire's National flag)
16th Va---7 (Look all the way down for the rest)
41st Va---2 " " " " "
61st Va---5 " " " " "

Sander's Brigade:
8th AL----1 (2nd Mich, flag type?)
9th AL----1 (20th Mich, either Regimental or a guidon)
11th AL---1 (Guidon/Stars&Stripes)

Wright's Brigade:
3rd Ga---1 (58th Mass, Regimental)

Wise's Brigade:
59th Va---- 1 (20th Mich, National)
59th Va----- 1 (20th Mich, either Regimental or a guidon)

Elliot's Brigade:
22nd SC-----1st Michigan Sharpshooters.

Mahone's Brigade (Minus 6th Va) already typed up top.

16th Va---(58th Mass, Regimental)
16th Va---(National ??)
16th Va---(100th ??) (Must be the 100th Pa)
16th Va---(National ??)
16th Va---(28th US Colored, flag type?)
16th Va---(National ??)
16th Va---(National ??)

61st Va---(Portion of Staff and Fringe,??)
61st Va---(Regiment Inf, ??)
61st Va---(National ??)
61st Va---(31st Maine,flag type?
61st Va---(57th Mass, flag type?)

41st Va---(Portion of Staff and/of Flag??)
41st Va---(Guidon, Marked "2" ??) (2nd Michigan?)

It's interesting reading about what both sides had to say.
The Union OR reports said, the 31st Maine and 11th New Hampshire tore their flags up. Now the 11th New Hampshire lost their National, so they tore up their Regimental flag. This would explain "Portion of Staff and of flag" Only 2 Union regiments tore up their flag (31st Maine and 11th New Hampshire), looks like they tore up their regimental flags.

The 6th, 9th and 17th Vermont did not lose any flags.

The 32nd Maine lost their National flag.

The 9th New Hampshire recaptured the 21st Massachusetts regimental flag back.

Have a good morning,

Shawn Prouty

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