Show old confederate flag presented to museum THE T LIE famous confederate battle flag it ag of the first virginia regiment made by the women of richmond from their silk dresses and which led the noted command from bull run to gettysburg tys burg came to the confederate mu mn seum geum and now rests with other southern trophies the museum is in the old white house of the confederacy the bloodstained blood stained and battle torn banner saw its last service in pick atts etts charge at gettysburg when the southern troops swept up the slopes elopes of cemetery hill to virtual annihilation preserved by the late col charles T loehr historian and custodian of tho the first virginia the nag w was as presen tei to the museum by Ns digs children wll wil liam A loehr charles E loehr mrs oscar 4 kent and mrs lars bern bernard rd 4 dickinson colonel loehr as historian do described the fate of tile the flag on n the day of picketts charge in these w words the color guard Is dead and tile the color sergeant has lost his arm our colonel lies dying on th the e field the regiment lost lo 10 0 men 0 out u t of about aco GO inho ho went into that charge ch 0 rge 1 |