Heritage Held Hostage! Rare Confederate flag captured in Pickett’s Charge to be sold at Columbus auction
The rare regimental battle flag, long thought lost to history, was carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry and captured by Union forces during Pickett’s Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The rare regimental battle flag, long thought lost to history, was carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry and captured by Union forces during Pickett’s Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg.
A rare artifact from the Civil War is set to go up for auction later this month in Columbus: a regimental battle flag of the 11th Virginia Infantry, which was captured during Pickett’s Charge. The desperate maneuver on the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg was a disaster for the Confederacy and a turning point in the war.
The flag will be featured during Fleischer’s Auctions’ two-day spring premier auction, “Historical Americana and African American History,” which is taking place April 25 and 26.
Click here to find the flag’s auction listing.
Adam Fleischer is president of Fleischer’s…
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