. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . front door is opened to let me in, the lightbreaking over my shoulders has a trick of turningthe starred symbol into a red flash of such electricaleffect that I must stop and look at it. Whereupon mymemory begins to unload itself of incidents war-like and exciting. So, with a desire to tell this tale insimple way, it seems best to me to beginby describing the flag. There are mul-titudes of American folk grown andgrowing who beyond the vag
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . front door is opened to let me in, the lightbreaking over my shoulders has a trick of turningthe starred symbol into a red flash of such electricaleffect that I must stop and look at it. Whereupon mymemory begins to unload itself of incidents war-like and exciting. So, with a desire to tell this tale insimple way, it seems best to me to beginby describing the flag. There are mul-titudes of American folk grown andgrowing who beyond the vaguest hear-say know so nearly nothing of the ban-ners of the late Confederate States ofAmerica that it may be a real service tohelp them to some exact knowledge. Here,accordingly, is a drawing, with measure-ments and colors. The ground is in hue light red, andmaterial woolen; the bordering is of white silk,the cross of light blue silk, the stars on thecross, thirteen in number, are of white the staff, it is thirty-seven inches, and in length forty-two the right face is the name of the regiment —NIGHT-HAWK RANGERS — A. H.—30. General Lew Wallace. 524 THE STORY OF and on the left face the motto — LIBERTY OR DEATH—all in traceryof flat white cording. The motto, it should be observed,is not regulation,but significant merely of the sentiment and devotion — possibly passionwould be a better word — of the corps who acknowledged it. The letteringis roman. Doubtless some may smile at the entitlement, Night-HawkRangers, thinking it smacks of dime novels, or is a parody on Sims BlackRiders of the Congaree ; if they will follow me to the end, however, enoughwill be presented them to work a change of mind. This bit of red cloth with emblazonments, was the battle flag of the 17thVirginia Cavalry, C. S. A. It was in the month of July, 1864. How well I remember it! The war had been a continuous condition for more than three years, andthe whole V land groaned
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