North Carolina - Cape Fear Coastal Defense Flag Cap 27th GA did not want the job

did not want the job

with the First National stripes

The unit fought at Shiloh and Perryville before being assigned to General Maney's and Palmer's Brigade

This consolidated unit surrendered on April 26

After reaching open waters

North Carolina - Cape Fear Coastal Defense Flag Cap 27th GA did not want the jobag is based on a surviving example returned to North Carolina from Massachusetts in 2003. The flag was marked as captured in North Carolina in 1862, but no additional information is known. There is some speculation that the flag was actually captured around the Wilmington Defense network, as it was returned with another flag associated with Fort Caswell calls into question the 1862 date. If the 1862 date is correct, it is most likely a flag captured