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Unit Flags
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Flags and Standards of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry |
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1st Division. 23rd Army Corps |
3rd Brigade. 1st Division. 23rd Army Corps |
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39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regimental Standard (Original in the Kentucky Historical Society Museum in Pikeville, Kentucky) |
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Virginia 22nd Cavalry Regiment, C. S. A.
"Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen"
The 22nd Virginia Cavalry's Regimental Battle Flag as described is a modified Army of Northern Virginia 1st Bunting issue. which were made of a cotton-wool blend. It had no tape on the edges. As described in "Colours of the Gray"
Army of Northern Virginia pattern battle flag the flag has eight stars remaining, and is a variant: no border, no edging on cross (46-1/2 l. x 48" w. with losses (missing 4 stars).
Copyrighted by Flags of the Confederacy at www.confederateflags.org
The Battle Flag of the 22nd Virginia Cavalry is reposited in the Museum of the Confederacy under Catalog Number WD238
The 22nd Virginia Cavalry Regimental colors were captured near Ninevah, Virginia, 12 November 1864 by Sergeant Levi Shoemaker, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Sergeant Shoemaker received the Congressional Medal of Honor on 26 November 1864 citation reads "Capturing of flag of 22nd Virginia Cav (C.S.A.)". Levi Shoemaker was b. 1840 and d. 1917 a native of Monongalia County, (West) Virginia.
Shoemaker's Grave at Oak Grove Cemetery
Morgantown, West Virginia
02/28/07
