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Friday, July 25, 2014

General Adams' Flag in Bad Shape

From the July21, 2014, Daily Reporter "Battle of Franklin flag losing fight with time, donors seeking funds to save it."

FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE"  The Sons of Confederate Veterans are seeking $6500 to conserve a 2X3 foot flag last flown by Confederate General John Adams during the disasterous Battle of Franklin in Tennessee.

He, along with five other Confederate generals were killed there on November 30, 1864.

The flag was made by an unknown Mississippi woman in 1863 and served as Adams' headquarters flag, used to mark where his headquarters was located.

It was donated by Adams' widow to the Tennessee Historical Society in 1907.  It is kept today at the Tennessee State Museum.

It is made of wool and silk with its silk fringe deteriorating a lot in the last ten years.

--Old Secesh

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