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Re: 32nd Tennessee Flage at Chickamauga

Hi Ernie,

By later 1862 silk was pretty much gone in the south for flags. Not only that but is was not a durable material for flags - as the Union learned.

So it would have been wool bunting pretty much. Cotton was not used for flags much as the material absorbed water while wool bunting tended to repel it better.

Greg Biggs

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