Ladies and gentlemen it is with great sorrow and a heavy heart that I must tell you all that rioters in Richmond, Virginia on the night of May 28th 2020 set fire to the United Daughters of the Confederacy Headquarters there in Richmond.
Hundreds of rare books, manuscripts, letters, journals and other documents were lost to the flames set by cowards in the night.
But it is with deeper sorrow I must inform you all that among the lost artifacts was an original Confedetate battle flag carried though the war of 1861-1865...
It was made by the ladies of Beverly, home of Co. F, and presented to the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment on May 5th1862, by General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
The flag was in all of his battles except for Chancellorsville.
It was torn twice by shells, at Second Manassas and at Sharpsburg, where the color bearer, Sgt. "Al" Robinson was killed...
And now it's gone forever...
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