Hello,

As requested, I will mention the flag descriptions from the various flag presentation ceremonies that I have found in the various Texas newspapers. The problem is, most of them are not described at all. As follows:

Belton Company - "the ladies of Belton are preparing a Lone Star flag for their company." NY Herald 12/25/60

Seguin Cavalry - "paraded to recevie two Lone Star flags presented by the ladies of the place." Augusta (GA) Chronicle & Sentinel 3/2/1861

Busby Brothers company - "Miss Graves of our school presented the company with a Confederate flag." Mrs. Wm. Price reminiscence. This was a First National.

Ft. Brown company - "Hon. Stephen Powers, on the part of the ladies of Brownsville, has presented a flag of the Confederate States to the volunteer corps in Ft. Brown." Austin State Gazette 4/20/1861 A First National.

Davis Guards from Marshall - "a handsome banner." This phrase and the other "a beautiful flag", are the ones most often used in CS flag presentation reports by newspapers that rarely describe them in detail. Marshall Republican 7/6/1861

Academy Guards - "beautiful stand of colors." Bellville Countryman 6/5/1861

Redland Minute Men - "a beautiful Lone Star flag." Austin State Gazette 3/16/1861

Galveston Zouaves - no description Bellville COuntryman 7/10/1861

Buffalo Blues - no description Bellville Countryman 7/17/1861

Davis Light Infantry - "a handsome new flag with 8 stars." A CS First National probably. Dallas Herald 5/8/1861

? Grove Boys - The first part of their name was illegible. "A beautiful banner," "A Southern Confederacy flag." That makes it a First National. Dallas Herald 6/26/1861

Holford Cavalry - "a beautiful Confederate flag," menaing a First National. Dallas Herald 8/7/1861 and 10/2/1861.

Capt. LaBlache's Company, the Rangers - "It is a battle flag 48 inches square, of heavy red flag silk, having the blue bars of the same material six inches wide. The white border of the bars and the stars are heavy silver embroidery, and the flag has a heavy silver fringe all around it. The cost of the flag was $150 in Havana." As stated in Robert Maberry's book on Texas flags, some of them, like that of the 3rd Texas in 1863, were made in Havana, Cuba and smuggled in through the blockade. The makers were ex-patriot Confederates living there. This description is very rare for a newwspaper article. Dallas Herald 4/6/1865

Atkinson Guards - "the flag of the Confederate States. The flag has eight stars." This is a First National. It was marked on the white stripe with "John Atkinson." Bellville Countryman 5/1/1861 and 5/15/1861

Waxahachie company - " a beautiful Southern flag." A First National. Marshall Republican 5/25/1861

Dallas County Rangers - "an elegant banner," "the banner was constructed of white satin, with an azure field, on which glittered a galaxy of silver stars, amongst which the Lone Star shone." An unknown secession pattern. Dallas Herald 4/25/1860

Pittsville Home Guards - no descriptiton Bellville Countryman 7/31/1861

Capt.W.W. Apperson's Company - no description, in fact the article mentions that the paper did not have the space to run the full presentation. Austin State gazette 7/13/1861

This sampling shows you the wide spread of articles, where the majority, very sadly for us all, no not describe the flags in question.

I have files of hundreds of these presentations from all the CS states and the majority of them state "a beautiful banner", a "beautiful flag," or something that limited about them. Most do not mention who made the flag, or any slogans, etc. upon them. Some do, and some do so in vivid detail.

Hope this was of interest.

Greg Biggs