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Col Oglesbys went down the river on a boat and about 4 oclock she come up with a secession flag which they had taken down at Columbus Gen. Prentiss made a little speech he said the Boat landed at Columbus and one man went to the town and hauled it down without any fighting there were no secessionists there to protect it. it is a tolerable large flag but I a very ugly on it has two red stripes and one white one an 7 stars here is the flag when they brought it off the boat Gen. Prentiss could hardly keep us soldiers from tareing it up I would like to get a piece of it to bring home with me some of the boys got apiece of it John when we get home I expect we will be so lazy that we wont be worth much