Show NAMED massachusetts sailor captain stephen driver so christened the starry banner 94 LD L GLORY was so chrls chris 0 j I 1 bened by capt ste stephen phen i y driver a very pronounced union 10 lo man who vibo waa was born brn in 1 g salem mas march 17 he lie was presented by the citizens of sa aa lem with 4 large antrican Ante Ican flig fiig when hen about to sail from his home port as tom commander mander of the brig charles DOR dog kett gett in As it ft as hoisted to the masthead mast nead and spread itself to the breeze la in a burst of patriotic ardor ho he it old glory and that wa w athe I 1 the name he afterward for it amar having been his dally daily compan ion and sharer of adoc art and per k j WWI 11 ir m capt stephen driver ila on tho the deep for a halt half century capt driver took it with him to tennessee ti essee where he made his home in nashville after retiring from a ing ng life and where he died march 3 1886 during the war he was provost mar of nashville and did much active work in the hospitals lie ile was outspoken in his feelings during these days of call disagreement and his 1 southern partisan neighbors felt a special zeal to get possession of his much vaunted I 1 old glory but they repeatedly searched bis his homo home and garden in vain the old captain assured them they would see it again only when it floated over a reunited union in or der lo 10 preserve it until such time the captain clever as are most men the sea with a needle quilted it with bis bla own hands into a comforter and made it his bed covering true to his ills word ahen peace had been restored the captain took old glory to the capitol building it was unfurled it was on a fateful morning in feb auary y 1862 1801 that nashville was startled by the cry fort donelson has fallen the federal troops are adeane ad vane ing the sixth ohio was th the e first regiment to land and the bluecoats to thi sound of drum and trumpet marched to tho the capitol and anil tore down the confederate flag captain beagel the captain to let him ise his ills old glory the plea waa was granted and escorted by thatcher and a detachment of eol sol illers caption driver went to his aal ripped the sacred trophy from biding place ho ile was allowed to the flag with hie his own hands bareheaded ho he climbed to tho the dome took down doun the regimental flag and replaced it with ith I 1 old glor I 1 amid the fumul cheers from tho the c 11 thus union sympathizers aa As with dirr ined c ces es wt t saw flaunting its colors proudly ie e ex claimed now that old 01 olary ry come into her own a again gain I 1 nin u to die |