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Re: 2nd Texas Infantry Flag
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Having had ancestors in Company D of the 2nd TX Infantry, I was always searching for the flag. As previously mentioned, the Stainless Banner is the one so often shown. This Stainless Banner, also associated with Waul's Texas Legion, is usually shown to have "Vicksburg" painted across the middle in gold lettering.

Although no one really knows for sure what the 2nd TX flag looked like, there is a lithograph/painting that shows the 2nd Texas at Shiloh carrying a State of Texas flag with "Second Texas" written around the Lone Star. Whether this is a true depiction or not has never been determined.

Wes

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