[CIVIL WAR]. Two cloth fragments from the Confederate flag which flew over the Capitol in Richmond when it fell to the Union Army, 3 April 1865. 240 x 235mm. and 240 x 80mm., both frayed at edges, made from woven cotton. [With:] Manuscript copy of a letter from "A.B. Lawrence, Lt. Col. and Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Army," Richmond, Va., 5 May 1865. 1 page, small oblong, mounting stains at four corners, folded into an old frame. A FLAG FRAGMENT FROM THE CONFEDERATE CAPITOL. A fascinating relic of the surrender of Richmond. The two fragments of tightly woven white cloth (now toned to linen white) are most probably from the white portion of the Third National Flag. The more familiar Confederate battle flag (designed by Beauregard after First Manassas) featured a blue St. Andrew's cross with 13 white stars on a red background. The Second National standard placed that battle flag in the upper right quadrant on a white ground; the Third National standard, adopted on 4 March 1865 added a red vertical bar on the outside. It is likely that these fragments are from the white portion of that flag. Lawrence's letter reads: "This is to certify that the attached piece of bunting is a part of the Captured Confederate flag that floated over the Confederate Capitol in this City of Richmond Va. when Surrendered April 1865, and by authority of U.S. Provost Marshall General M.R. Patrick was by me cut in pieces in the Capitol as a significant momento for distribution." Another piece of the last flag flown over the Capitol in Richmond in 1865 in in the GAR Museum in Philadelphia; it was presented to Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the war. Abram Burtt Lawrence, whose letter accompanies the fragments, rose from 1st Lieutenant, and was assigned as Lt. Col. in the Quartermaster Corps from 21 March to 1 August 1865. He was brevetted for faithful and meritorious service and mustered out in March 1866 (see Heitman).On 3 April 1865, Union troops marched into Richmond, lowered the Confederate flag, and raised their own small guidon over the State House, the Capitol of the Confederacy. Much of the city was still in flames. At 8:15 a.m. in the City Hall, Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel received the formal surrender of the city; it would be several weeks before the Confederate armies surrendered.

[CIVIL WAR]. Two cloth fragments from the Confederate flag which flew over the Capitol in Richmond when it fell to the Union Army, 3 April 1865. 240 x 235mm. and 240 x 80mm., both frayed at edges, made from woven cotton. [With:] Manuscript copy of a letter from "A.B. Lawrence, Lt. Col. and Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Army," Richmond, Va., 5 May 1865. 1 page, small oblong, mounting stains at four corners, folded into an old frame. A FLAG FRAGMENT FROM THE CONFEDERATE CAPITOL. A fascinating relic of the surrender of Richmond. The two fragments of tightly woven white cloth (now toned to linen white) are most probably from the white portion of the Third National Flag. The more familiar Confederate battle flag (designed by Beauregard after First Manassas) featured a blue St. Andrew's cross with 13 white stars on a red background. The Second National standard placed that battle flag in the upper right quadrant on a white ground; the Third National standard, adopted on 4 March 1865 added a red vertical bar on the outside. It is likely that these fragments are from the white portion of that flag. Lawrence's letter reads: "This is to certify that the attached piece of bunting is a part of the Captured Confederate flag that floated over the Confederate Capitol in this City of Richmond Va. when Surrendered April 1865, and by authority of U.S. Provost Marshall General M.R. Patrick was by me cut in pieces in the Capitol as a significant momento for distribution." Another piece of the last flag flown over the Capitol in Richmond in 1865 in in the GAR Museum in Philadelphia; it was presented to Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the war. Abram Burtt Lawrence, whose letter accompanies the fragments, rose from 1st Lieutenant, and was assigned as Lt. Col. in the Quartermaster Corps from 21 March to 1 August 1865. He was brevetted for faithful and meritorious service and mustered out in March 1866 (see Heitman). On 3 April 1865, Union troops marched into Richmond, lowered the Confederate flag, and raised their own small guidon over the State House, the Capitol of the Confederacy. Much of the city was still in flames. At 8:15 a.m. in the City Hall, Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel received the formal surrender of the city; it would be several weeks before the Confederate armies surrendered.

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[CIVIL WAR]. Two cloth fragments from the Confederate flag which flew over the Capitol in Richmond when it fell to the Union Army, 3 April 1865. 240 x 235mm. and 240 x 80mm., both frayed at edges, made from woven cotton. [With:] Manuscript copy of a letter from "A.B. Lawrence, Lt. Col. and Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Army," Richmond, Va., 5 May 1865. 1 page, small oblong, mounting stains at four corners, folded into an old frame. A FLAG FRAGMENT FROM THE CONFEDERATE CAPITOL. A fascinating relic of the surrender of Richmond. The two fragments of tightly woven white cloth (now toned to linen white) are most probably from the white portion of the Third National Flag. The more familiar Confederate battle flag (designed by Beauregard after First Manassas) featured a blue St. Andrew's cross with 13 white stars on a red background. The Second National standard placed that battle flag in the upper right quadrant on a white ground; the Third National standard, adopted on 4 March 1865 added a red vertical bar on the outside. It is likely that these fragments are from the white portion of that flag. Lawrence's letter reads: "This is to certify that the attached piece of bunting is a part of the Captured Confederate flag that floated over the Confederate Capitol in this City of Richmond Va. when Surrendered April 1865, and by authority of U.S. Provost Marshall General M.R. Patrick was by me cut in pieces in the Capitol as a significant momento for distribution." Another piece of the last flag flown over the Capitol in Richmond in 1865 in in the GAR Museum in Philadelphia; it was presented to Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the war. Abram Burtt Lawrence, whose letter accompanies the fragments, rose from 1st Lieutenant, and was assigned as Lt. Col. in the Quartermaster Corps from 21 March to 1 August 1865. He was brevetted for faithful and meritorious service and mustered out in March 1866 (see Heitman).

On 3 April 1865, Union troops marched into Richmond, lowered the Confederate flag, and raised their own small guidon over the State House, the Capitol of the Confederacy. Much of the city was still in flames. At 8:15 a.m. in the City Hall, Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel received the formal surrender of the city; it would be several weeks before the Confederate armies surrendered.

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