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Re: Wheat's Battalion at 1st Manassas

Shawn, I'm glad you enjoyed my book. Thanks. As for the flag in question, I'm afraid I can't shed any light on it. The Tigers initially engaged Rhode Island troops and one newspaper account said they ran out of ammunition and used their bowie knives. Now, I really doubt that happened, but if it did they must have been in close quarters. So you might check to see if any Rhode Island units lost a flag.

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