The 1st Confederate Battalion, Company A
" Tilghman’s Brigade "
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Registrations are due for Camp Geiger, Dey Farm and Cooper Mill ; Please contact 1st Sgt. Green for fees and attendance.

Out next event is Camp Geiger in Whitehall Township, PA; See the event page for location and Mapquest directions.

 

 

 

 

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The origin of the Polk Battle Flag

 

Second (bunting) Issue Battle Flag, General Leonidas Polk's pattern, Summer 1862.

  

Confederate Maj. General Leonidas Polk, the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, chose this as his Corps Battle Flag. The Episcopal Church flag is a red cross of St. George. It is featured as the central device in Polk's Corps battle flags. There is a white fimbriation to separate the cross from the blue field, and white stars representing the Confederate states are placed on the red cross. The “first” appearance of this flag was at Corinth Miss. In 1862. This flag is copied from the original in the collection of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. The one we carry today at our events is a reproduction, created by Sarah Berlinger.

 

 

 

The origin of the Hardee Flag

 

 

In Irish history the full moon is a symbol of a unified Ireland. The rebellion of 1798, one of the last and most organized is remembered as the "Full Moon Rebellion " and is remembered in the song " By The Rising of The Moon". Hence the blue flag with the full moon. The strong Irish influence in the Western Army of which this unit was apart in the beginning of the conflict, prompted the use of flags of this pattern flag.  The Flag copied here is that of  one which was captured by Sgt. Peter Kappesser of the 149th  NY Infantry in November of 1863 at lookout Mountain Tenn.  The Flags unit is un-known. The original is in the Collection of the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond Virginia.  The one we carry today at our events is a reproduction, created by Arthur Green.

 

 

 

From - The Military Laws of the Confederate Regular Army

 

February 17, 1864  by an Act of Congress.

 

Late in the war Confederate congress authorized the following position in the Regular Army;

 

That there shall be appointed by the President, to each regiment of infantry in the Army of the Confederate States, an officer to be known as "Ensign," with the rank, pay, and allowances of a first lieutenant , whose duty it shall be to bear the colors of the regiment, but without right to command in the field.

 

 

 

 

 

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