As you can see from our posts we are looking for this flag as described in the inventory of the Richmond Confederate Museum -- "Flag of Point Coupee (La.) Artillery, carried by Ives Batcheller, of Point Coupee Parish, La., captured by John Vincent Johnston, first master of the United States ship "St. Louis," of Commodore A. H. Foote's flotilla, in an attack the night of April 1, 1862, on the upper or No. 1 Battery of the Confederate defenses at Island No. 10, Madrid Bend."
J. V. Johnston's daughter and grandson gave the flag to the Richmond Confederate Museum (May, 1904) for "safekeeping" until the Richmond "Battle Abbey" was completed. She took the flag out of the Richmond Confederate Museum in 1908 (I think) and we don't know where it ended up. The Battle Abbey (another Confederate Museum) was purchased by the Virgina Historical Society in the 1940s (I think it was) and I am not sure if the people at the Richmond Museum and the people at the Battle Abbey are one in the same today but Ken Legendre says he has checked with the VHS already.
Actually the storming party gave the flag to First Master John Vincent Johnston who was the "Navy Commander" during that raid. He was promoted for gallantry because of the raid.
This guy, J. V. Johnston was quite respected and the U.S. even named two destroyers (during WWll) after him. (See Wikipedia).
I suppose Iverson "Ive" Batchelor was one of the Rebel sentinals. By the way, Ive Batchelor was mistakingly listed as "Joe" Batchelor by the transcriber in Washington D. C. He joined the La. cavalry in 1864. Who he was with in 1862 I'm not sure. He was 16 or 17 in 1862. I guess we can assume he ended up in Camp Douglas also.