We recently acquired a small collection of items that came from the family of Captain George W. Brown. Brown enlisted as a Private in Company K, 72^nd Indiana Infantry on July 23, 1862. He served with his company until he was sent to the hospital in November of 1862. While there he got an infection in his hand that left his right arm useless. Refusing to take a discharge Brown was assigned to the Quarter Master Department until he was sent home on recruiting duty in November of 1863. While on this duty he was promoted to 1^st Lieutenant and later to Captain. He was present in all the actions of 1864 and 1865 and was known to carry his right arm in a red silk handkerchief.

The 72^nd Indiana served as infantry until October of 1863 when as part of the Brigade of John Wilder they were made into mounted infantry. They were armed with Spencer carbines and moved fast hence the name “Lightning Brigade.” The regiment served throughout the Atlanta Campaign.

Cotton flag meas. approx. 8’ 8” on the fly and 5’ 10” on the hoist. Stars and stripes and blue canton are all printed on cotton fabric. Colors are still strong. Upper right corner has sewn outline of tag and remains of some paper but tag is gone. There are a few minor separations and the white stripe near the bottom has a small ink stain otherwise the flag is in good condition. This 42 star flag was only used from November 11, 1889 when Washington became a state to July 3, 1890 when Idaho was added to the Union.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE,

MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM.

FOR OUR POLICIES AND TERMS,

CLICK ON ‘CONTACT US’ AT THE TOP OF ANY PAGE ON THE SITE,

THEN ON ‘LAYAWAY POLICY’.

THANK YOU!