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Captures at Antietam (Sharpsburg)

On the New York State Military Museum website, under the 64th New York regiment, is a newspaper clipping which describes General [John C.] Caldwell's brigade [Union 2nd Corps]. The article states, "In the battle of Antietam, and in the much-talked-of corn field where the slaughter was so great, they were in the thickest of it, and stood their ground like heroes, as they are. It was in this same corn field that they captured six Secession flags and took something over three hundred prisoners, among whom were eight commissioned officers. One of the colors captured was a North Carolina State flag, made of heavy blue silk, and upon it painted the coat of arms of the State. This was taken from the Fourteenth Regiment of that State. Another one taken was the old style seven-starred and seven-barred Confederate flag. Another a battle flag, upon which it was inscribed Williamsburg and Fair Oaks - "

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