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Many a Weary Banner: The Flags of Appomattox
Battle flag of 61st Virginia Infantry.

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Battle flag of the 61st Virginia Infantry.

Find out how the flags carried at Appomattox  became symbols to the men who fought through the course of the war.  The flags came to represent not only the suffering of war, great personal hardship, the loss of friends, family, and for some property; they also represented the honor, integrity and fortitude of sticking to a cause through times of tribulation.     

Group 1: Battle Flag of the 61st Virginia Infantry regiment

Group 2: Battle Flag of the Oneida, New York Independent Cavalry Company

Group 3: Tea towel used as a Confederate flag of truce

Group 4: Virginia State Flag

Group 5: Flag remnants

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Lee and Grant (from Keith Rocco's painting,

Did You Know?
Lee and Grant met again only once after leaving Appomattox, when Grant was in the White House. President Grant invited him to visit and Lee did so in 1869.
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Last Updated: June 19, 2011 at 11:36 MST