They finally realized, under the calmand convincing rea- soning of their leader, the hopelessness of the fight, and with grim determination turned their faces homeward to meet an uncertain future.
” The old bullet-torn flag, whose blue cross had been tri- umphantly borne aloft for years at the cost of so much blood and valor they would never part with. On the eve of surrender, as the shadows of night fell, the men reverently gathered around the staff in front of regimental headquarters, and, cutting the silk into fragments, each soldier carried away with him a bit of the cov- eted treasure. The flag had been the gift of a young lady of Aberdeen, Mississippi, made from her bridal-dress, and had never for an instant been abandoned by the men of the Seventh Ten- nessee Cavalry after it was committed to their guardianship.”
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