The Flags of the Hampton Legion
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Hampton Legion
1st National pattern -
presented November 20, 1861 - Camp Lee, Bacon Race, Virginia -
by Major Connor on behalf of the "Ladies of Matanzas", Havana, Cuba -
via the blockade runner "Theodora" - Captain John N. Maffitt
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Washington Light Infantry
Company A, Infantry
Made by Miss M.H. Ancrum and the Sisters of the Academy of our Lady of Mercy -
for her brother, color bearer James H. Ancrum, Jr. -
Presented at Institute Hall in Charleston, SC -
by Colonel T.Y. Simonton
Lost
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Claremont Rifles
Company G, Infantry
White and gold silk with gold trim and natural color embroidery -
Presented January 1861 - by Dr. Nelson Burgess - Statesburg, SC
SC Confederate Relic Room, Columbia, SC
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German Volunteers
Company H, Infantry Company B, Artillery
1st National pattern and German colors -
Presented September 1861 - At the hall where Secession Ordinance was passed -
by General J.A. Wagner on behalf of the "German Ladies of Charleston" -
Received by Captain W.K. Bachman and entrusted to color bearer Anton W. Jager
Confederate Museum, Charleston, SC
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Edgefield Hussars
Company A, Cavalry
Blue silk over a cotton center with gold trim -
The Hussars originally formed in 1833 - Joined the Legion May 8, 1861 -
Led by Captain Matthew Calbraith Bulter
Oakley Park, Red Shirt Shrine, Edgefield, SC
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SC Zouave Volunteers
Company H, (2nd), Infantry
A square of blue and white silk, gold trimmed - embroidered by "the Nuns of Columbia" -
Presented October 29,1861 -
Congaree House, SC College, Columbia, SC -
by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, president of the college, on behalf of the "Ladies of Columbia" -
to color bearer William G. Gardner
Lost
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Beaufort District Troop
Company C, Cavalry
1st National pattern, bunting with random stars-
Presented shortly after joining the Legion -
Random stars may symbolize the individual sovereignty of each State in the Confederacy
SC Confederate Relic Room, Columbia, SC
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Source: The Flags of the Civil War South Carolina by Glenn Dedmondt
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