Reference to a flag ceremony for Capt. B. F. Benton's company [Co. K, 1st Texas Regt., CSA], recruited in the environs of San Augustine, Texas, and afterward leaving San Augustine on foot for Richmond on Sept. 12, 1861. The third day of the march they "Set out on the line of March in Earnest for Richmond, Va., with Collors flying, Fife and drum Sounding the never to be forgot Tune The Girl I Left behind Me."

Original source: O. T. Hanks, ""Account of Civil War Experiences," 3-4, manuscript photostat, University of Texas