11th GEORGIA ARTILLERY BATTALION
"THE SUMTER FLYING ARTILLERY "
&
"THE IRVIN ARTILLERY"
Photo of the actual flag of the "Sumter Flying Artillery",
Company A, 11th Georgia Artillery Battalion.
Captured at the Battle of Appomattox Station by Bugler Charles Schorn, 1st West
Virginia Cavalry on April 8, 1865.
Flag is currently in the Georgia State Capitol Collection.
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Portions of the Confederate army were in full retreat toward Virginia at dawn on July 4, 1863. As they passed through Seven Stars, a small community on the Chambersburg Pike, a rebel soldier handed something to Mrs. John Shank, who was standing beside the roadway. The item was a book that had been looted from the David McMillan farmhouse during the battle. Written in two places on the flyleaf was the name "Callie McMillan." The other flyleaf had this written on it:
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