18th NC Regiment Flag

18th NC Flag

Obverse and reverse of the flag carried by the 18th North Carolina Regiment at the battle of Chancellorsville on the night of May 2, 1863 when members of the unit accidentally wounded Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The flag was captured in battle the following day by a New Jersey regiment. Photograph courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of History in whose collection the flag resides. 

 

 

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