The flag of the 46th Mississippi Infantry, captured at Fort Blakely, Alabama, on April 9, 1865, was returned from the state of Illinois where it had been in the Hall of Flags in Springfield, Illinois.
The Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans worked hard to accomplish it.
A celebration was held April 28, 2012, at Beauvoir, Mississippi, Jefferson Davis' postwar home, where it will be on permanent display, near the graves of members of the 46th Regiment who are buried on the grounds. It was made possible by efforts of the Illinois and Mississippi National Guards.
Good to Have It Home. --Old Secesh
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