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Re: Confederate Flag in Gardner Photo

Hello,

This one looks like an ANV First Bunting issue based on the width of the cross.

While most of the Sharpsburg captured flags were sent to the war Department, some were not including the still missing Georgia state flag variant of Cobb's Legion taken at one of the gaps on South Mountain. This made it to McClellan's HQ but was not seen again afterwards.

Greg Biggs

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