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Re: 34th Alabama Infantry, Company G 1/9th Plate Cased Tintype
Thanks Adam!
Thanks Adam!
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Tom "Mingo" Machingo
Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess
Vixi Et Didici
"I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
Company K, 45th Georgia Infantry
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Re: 34th Alabama Infantry, Company G 1/9th Plate Cased Tintype
Provenance Reconstruction:
This flag was probably issued to the regiment in the spring of 1864. It bears characteristics which are common to flags issued to artillery batteries in the Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston. The flag of the 34th Alabama Infantry is the only known flag of this size to have been issued to an infantry regiment. After the war, the flag was preserved by Dr. John N. Slaughter of Coosa County who had served as a major in the regiment. It was donated to the Alabama Department of Archives and History by his son Dr. Jasper M. Slaughter on April 20, 1910.
Sources:
Curator's Object Files, Civil War Flags, Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Madaus, Howard Michael. The Battle Flags of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1976.Adam DintenfassComment
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Re: 34th Alabama Infantry, Company G 1/9th Plate Cased Tintype
If only that flag could talk, the tales, wisdom and education it could give us!Tom "Mingo" Machingo
Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess
Vixi Et Didici
"I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
Company K, 45th Georgia Infantry
KIA Petersburg, VirginiaComment
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Re: 34th Alabama Infantry, Company G 1/9th Plate Cased Tintype
"...Captain William A. McLeod, Co. H., 28th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A. ..."
Wasn't Co H the Jonesboro Guards?
Warren, did you do Co. H, and was Bobby Horton, from the musical group Three on a String, a member? I helped form Co G of the 28th in 1991, with Mark Horton as the captain, while living in Jefferson Co, Alabama.Gil Davis Tercenio
"A man with a rifle is a citizen; a man without one is merely a subject." - the late Mark Horton, Captain of Co G, 28th Ala Inf CSA, a real heroComment
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Re: 34th Alabama Infantry, Company G 1/9th Plate Cased Tintype
Gil, yes I was in Co.H and yes, Bobby was in the group too. We're having a reunion later this year.
Who is Mark Horton?Warren Dickinson
Currently a History Hippy at South Union Shaker Village
Member of the original Pickett's Mill Interpretive Volunteer Staff & Co. D, 17th Ky Vol. Inf
Former Mudsill
Co-Creator of the States Rights Guard in '92Comment
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