Confederate flag back at Georgia fort after 148 years
Published March 23, 2012
| Associated Press
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. – As Fort McAllister fell to the Union Army of Gen. William T. Sherman days before Christmas in 1864, one of his artillery officers seized the Confederate flag of a vanquished company of Georgia riflemen.
The officer carried the silk banner home to Maine as a souvenir, and it stayed in his family for three generations in a box along with a handwritten note: "To be return to Savannah or Atlanta sometime."
Nobody knows for sure why the late Maj. William Zoron Clayton wanted his Civil War trophy flag returned to the South. But after 148 years, his wish has been honored.
The Union officer's great-grandson, Robert Clayton, donated the flag to be displayed at Fort McAllister State Historic Park in coastal Georgia, where a dedication is planned next month just before Confederate Memorial Day.
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Re: Confederate flag back at Georgia fort after 148 years
Being a big "War of Northern Aggression" buff, I loved living in Savannah and having McAllister and Pulaski so close. This is a cool story!
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"Life is like a drop zone, sometimes you just miss the whole damn thing!"
"Life is like a drop zone, sometimes you just miss the whole damn thing!"
