The garrison flag of the Confederate forces
at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863.
By Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 January 2000
12 star Garrison Flag
by Wayne J. Lovett
from a sketch by Howard M. Madaus
“The Brown Mountain Boys”
2nd Battalion North Carolina Infantry
Photo courtsy of the North Carolina Museum of History,
Raleigh, North Carolina
© North Carolina Museum of History
This unit was raised in the west central area of Stokes County, North Carolina, and was mustered in on May 1, 1861. Eventually the company became part of the 2nd Battalion North Carolina Infantry. Their flag of wool bunting, based on the first national “Stars and Bars,” was likely made by community women and presented to the company soon after its formation.
Tom Belton
Flag of Col. Gould’s
6th Texas Cavalry Battalion
By Wayne J. Lovett, 31 January 2000
Classifying this as a 12 star flag involves counting the 11 white stars and the large red star in the canton. If only the white stars in the canton are counted, it is an 11 star flag; if the star in the shield on the white bar is also counted, it is a 13 star flag.