Overall condition is poor with heavy loss and fragile. Watson brought the flag to The Citadel and presented it to Major Gen. Flags of this type and scale were typically used as garrison flags or flown over large buildings. Watson, director of the Confederate Relic Room and Museum, for the return of the garrison flag to its original home for restoration and display. Wannamaker Jr., USNR, Ret., class of 1919, began negotiating with Governor John C. Governor Heyward placed these flags in the repository of the state capital's Confederate Relic Room. In 1905, Secretary of War William Howard Taft returned this flag along with nine others to Governor Duncan C. In the winter of 1865, the Federal forces sent the Confederate garrison flag to the War Department Building next to the White House, in Washington, D.C. 3 as members of the base honor guard keep it from touching the ground. The Stars and Stripes were then raised for the first time in more than six years. The Lackland garrison flag is raised for the first time Dec. 2 - The garrison flag, which flies atop Trophy Point at the United States Military Academy, was lowered to half staff this afternoon when word was received. It is furnished only to very important posts, or those having large garrisons, and is hoisted only on gala days and great occasions. Major Benton was the chief ordnance officer at the Confederate garrison in Galveston, and the flag is believed to have flown there. army the garrison flag is the national flag, and is 36 feet fly and 20 feet hoist. It inspired him to write the words to The Star Spangled Banner. The flag is inscribed with the name Major Chas. The 30 x 42 flag was the one that Francis Scott Key saw on the morning of September 14, 1814. It was lowered and turned over to the Federal officer-in-charge. TSLAC 306-4067 is an enormous version of the Stainless Banner, measuring 69 x 145 inches (approximately six feet by twelve feet). The first item of their attention was The Citadel's Confederate garrison flag, the most imposing Confederate flag in Charleston. The ensuing fires and explosions are estimated to have killed 100 to 200 civilians and destroyed many homes, churches and stores in just a few hours.īy mid-morning, Federal troops had arrived at The Citadel. This flag is flown in lieu of the post flag in inclement weather. Its dimensions are 38 feet fly by 20 feet hoist Storm Flag. This flag is flown only on holidays and important occasions. Its dimensions are 19 feet fly by 10 feet hoist. Confederate forces had evacuated several days earlier. This flag is flown in fair weather, except on those occasions when the garrison flag is prescribed. On February 18, 1865, Union forces entered the city shortly after dawn. This large flag is in a glass frame inside the main Museum entrance. Name 'The Blood-Stained Banner' Use: National flag : Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: March 4, 1865: Design: A white rectangle, one-and-a-half times as wide as it is tall, a red vertical stripe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five-pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire.
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