British Blockade Runner - William Army of the Potomac Confederate 33rd Virginia Infantry

33rd Virginia Infantry

Flag is based upon the Savannah Naval Squadron flag captured with the fall of Savannah in December 1864

just in time to rout a significant portion of the Union line at Chickamauga

they were given to the Old State House Museum

British Blockade Runner - William Army of the Potomac Confederate 33rd Virginia InfantryThese are modern all weather nylon flags for your house or garden based on the original flag flown by a British Blockade Runner. This Lone Star variation on the first national flag of the Confederacy (the "Stars and Bars") bears the ink inscription "Captured from Schooner William near Oyster Bay." The reverse side is inscribed with the word "Martine." For some years it was believed that this flag was captured in October 1863 from the British schooner