"At Island No. 10 the flag of the brave Capt. Rucker, the commander of battery No. 1, which kept the enemy's gun boats at a distance during the famous attack of the 17th of March, was shot down eleven times, the last time it was almost buried in the sand; it was finally burned by the enemy. Would it not be appropriate for his fellow citizens to present him with another? Not a showy one, but such a substantial stand-winds-and-weather sort of a flag a fighting man likes? Capt. Rucker is now at Fort Pillow." Memphis Daily Appeal. March 18, 1862. p.2 c.6