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21st Virginia Infantry Regiment

21st Regiment, Virginia Infantry was organized in June and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861, at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Most of the men were recruited in the city of Richmond and the counties of Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Cumberland, and Buckingham. Only 6 officers and 50 men surrendered.

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21st Virginia Infantry Regimental Flag

Used as regimental flag after previous flag captured at Chancellorsville, and until new ANV flag issued fall 1864. Captured at Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1863 by 60th New York Infantry.

First National; 11 stars; oil-painted seal in canton. Obv.: motto, “Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori.” Rev.: seal; motto, “A Crown for the Brave”. 55” x 65”

Owner of original	Museum of the Confederacy: Accession Number: WD 022
File name	21stVaInfRegFlag.jpg
File Size	56.87k
Dimensions	312 x 243
Linked to	Museum of the Confederacy; Calahill M Edwards; Nathaniel Reeves Edwards; Samuel M Reynolds; James A Witcher; William Addison Witcher
Albums	21st Virginia Infantry Regiment

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