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![]() Flag: 5th Alabama Battalion (Co. B, Calhoun Sharpshooters)
Provenance Reconstruction: This flag was made by the ladies of Jacksonville, Alabama and presented to
Captain Thomas Bush by Miss Clementine Snow. Captain Bush had been sent
home from Virginia to organize the new company. The flag was presented as the
company departed, just prior to the second Battle of Manassas. Bush was
wounded on August 30, 1862 and died on September 5, 1862. The flag and his
sword were brought home to his mother, Mrs. Harriet Bush, by Charles, his
servant boy. The flag later passed into the hands of Bush's nephew. It was
donated to the Alabama Department of Archives and History on April 16, 1941 by
Tom B. Jenkins and his sister, Hallie B. Jenkins of Jacksonville.
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Updated: October 25, 2006