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Torn flag of a New York regiment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They were torn at the Battle of Gettysburg, shot full of holes at Bull Run and ruined by storms in encampments from Maine to Florida. They were the worn-out flags of the Civil War \u2013 Old Glory, the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy, and regimental colors.<\/p>\n

An example is a flag carried by the 16th<\/sup> Regiment of Ohio volunteers. In 1863, its captain wrote to the Soldiers\u2019 Aid Society in Wooster, Ohio, to thank its members for supporting the troops. Then he added: \u201cThe most acceptable thing they could send us now would be to present the regiment with a new set of Colors. The old ones are very much tattered and torn.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that \u201cthe shells of the enemy\u201d had damaged the banners, one of which had \u201creceived more than a dozen balls through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On 50th anniversary of Civil War, veterans march with flags torn in battle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A century-and-a-half later, efforts are under way, especially in the South, to preserve and restore fading flags from the War Between the States. An example is the State of Tennessee\u2019s \u201cSave Our Flags\u201d effort. Special license plates can be purchased, and the income goes \u201ctoward the conservation and preservation of historic flags.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the group\u2019s website (www.saveourflags.org<\/a>), \u201cOnce conserved, [the flags] will remain safely at the museum for the enjoyment of future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, another Civil War flag was restored after $6,500 was raised by military re-enactors. The flag, which had been held in storage for its protection, is now on display.<\/p>\n

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A Tennessee battalion’s ruined banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been 100 years since the public has seen this flag,\u201d said a museum official. \u201cNow it\u2019s cleaned and conserved in a way that will protect it for another 40 or 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another banner, this one taken from a Confederate ship by a Union officer, has been returned to Virginia for display in a museum. It has a large tear in it, and its white field has turned brown. It will eventually be displayed at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Virginia, but only after preservation efforts are carried out.<\/p>\n

Through such efforts, modern-day people are doing what the Ohio officer urged in 1863 about his tattered standard: \u201cThe flag should be preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

By\u00a0James Breig<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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