Page, Newspaper - 16th AR Flag Mention

 
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Page, Newspaper - 16th AR Flag Mention
Page, Newspaper - 16th AR Flag Mention
Page, Newspaper - 16th AR Flag Mention

Page, Newspaper - 16th AR Flag Mention

Object number2012.246.06
DateSept. 22, 1892
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions17 3/4 x 13 in. (45.1 x 33 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionA page from the Clarksville Herald Journal dated Thursday, September 22, 1892. The clipping features an article referencing an Arkansan Civil War flag used by the 16th Arkansas Infantry. The article is as follows:

"The citizens of Clarksville gave the soldiers a complimentary dinner at the Roundtree House, and it was a good dinner, too, but the boys had not forgotten the hard tack and blue beef of their soldier days.
The old confederate flag brought out during the re-union is a relic of the late war. It was made by Miss Lyde Davis (now Mrs. J.C. Hill) and presented to Capt. John G. Connelley's Company "C," 16th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Volunteers, in September, 1861, as the flag of the company. It was in the battle of Elk Horn, or Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the 7th or 8th of February, 1862; also in the battles of Farmington, Iuka and Corinth, Miss., and in the siege at Port Hudson, La. At Corinth, in the spring of 1862, Capt. Connelley resigned his office and J. W. Clark was elected captain of the company, and became the owner of the flag, and while gallantly leading his company to battle at Corinth, on the 4h of October, 1862, he lost his life, and his brother, D. N. Clark, fell heir to the flag. At the fall of Port Hudson, he was a prisoner, but gave the flag to Capt. J.P. Yearwood, who had been promoted to captain of the company, and he concealed it under his clothing, made his escape through the federal lines and brought the flag home with him, walking the entire distance of 500 miles, and gave it to Mr. Clark's mother, in August, 1863. She kept it through the destruction and desolation of the last eighteen months of the war, notwithstanding her houses were burned and she was compelled to go from place to place for safety. At the close of the fearful struggle, the flag which had been kept safely through all the peril and privation of that bloody period became a sacred relic, dear to each member of the family. It is made of common oil prints, bound with silk fringe, and is yet in a very good state of preservation. Mr. Clark also has a red silk sash that was worn by Col. Gray in the Mexican war. After his death, his widow married Col. John F. Hill, and during the late war, at Corinth Mississippi, Col. Hill resigned his office to return home and raise another regiment of volunteers which he did. Before leaving his first regiment he gave Capt. Clark his sash and sword as a token of his esteem. The sword was captured in the battle of Corinth, where Capt. Clark lost his life. The sash, like the flag, was kept through the war and is now in the possession of Mr. D.N. Clark."
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