Flag, Confederate - 3rd Reg. Arkansas Vol. Inf.
Object number1960.012.01
Date1862-65
Associated LocationArkansas
OriginFredricksburg, Virginia
MediumCotton, Bunting, Wool, Canvas, Ink
Dimensions49 × 49 in. (124.5 × 124.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
At the siege of Fredericksburg, the members of the 3rd Arkansas Infanrty Regiment were especially kind to refugees, sharing food and shelter. In gratitude, the ladies of Fredericksburg (December 1862) sewed this new flag for the unit to replace the one they had from Monticello, which was in tatters. The new flag was in the standard pattern of the Army of Northern Virginia, to which the Arkansas Regiment was attached, with the unit designation on the crossbars. This regiment was one of the first to volunteer as a unit for the duration of the war and was the first regiment of "regular" in the Confederate Army - the only regiment sent from Arkansas to serve in R.E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
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