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Domestic News
April 29, 1905
Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
The U.S. War Department struggles to distribute captured Confederate flags from the Civil War to owners due to missing identification records. The tattered flags' fate—retention or transfer to a relic depository—is under consideration.
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CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Many of Them Cannot Be Identified.
The War Department has met with an unexpected obstacle in the distribution to their respective owners of the Confederate flags captured in the Civil War. It is found that many of the flags cannot be identified. This is because they were turned over to the department at the end of the war without any record of where they were captured.
All of them are tattered and worn from age and service.
A question has arisen whether the department shall retain these unidentified flags or turn them over to some depository for Confederate relics.
Many of Them Cannot Be Identified.
The War Department has met with an unexpected obstacle in the distribution to their respective owners of the Confederate flags captured in the Civil War. It is found that many of the flags cannot be identified. This is because they were turned over to the department at the end of the war without any record of where they were captured.
All of them are tattered and worn from age and service.
A question has arisen whether the department shall retain these unidentified flags or turn them over to some depository for Confederate relics.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
What keywords are associated?
Confederate Flags
War Department
Civil War
Unidentified Relics
Domestic News Details
Outcome
many flags cannot be identified due to lack of records; question of retention or transfer to depository for confederate relics.
Event Details
The War Department encounters an obstacle in distributing captured Confederate flags to their owners because many lack identification records from the end of the Civil War. All flags are tattered and worn from age and service.