Chickamagua after battle report:

Report of Col. W. H. Bishop, Seventh Mississippi Infantry.

" . . . Color Corpl. Mat. Stringer, Company G, who succeeded Color Sergt. W. J. Nunnery as color bearer, deserves particular mention for his cool intrepidity and gallantry. The flag-staff was shot in two when near the crest of the ridge . . ."

Source: Official Records
PAGE 321-51 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. [CHAP. XLII.
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]

Field and Staff
W. J. Nunnery, Ens., died

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Record of Events for Twenty-third Mississippi Infantry,
June 1861-August 1864.

Field and Staff

[John] G. W. Brown, Ens.