Flag Bearer for Denmark Danes - Denmark TN
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Don.Morfe
N 35° 31.938 W 089° 00.012
16S E 318656 N 3933915
April 6, 1862 Billy Caldwell, a redheaded fellow, was killed at Shiloh. He was the flag bearer for Denmark Danes. He died with the flag in his hand. The flag was shot to shreds and the staff that held it was hit twenty six times.
Waymark Code: WM139J4
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2020
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Flag Bearer for Denmark Danes-April 6, 1862
Billy Caldwell, a redheaded fellow, was killed at Shiloh. He was the flag bearer for Denmark Danes. He died with the flag in his hand. The flag was shot to shreds and the staff that held it was hit twenty six times. The flag fell to the ground six times, but each time was secured by a member of the guard, and again waved on high. When the last of the guard fell, the tattered banner, red with the blood of the brave guard that lay dead and dying around it, was seized by Private Posey of Company A. Billy had made a short speech at the Denmark Church in which he said he would carry the flag to Washington and shake it in the face of Abe Lincoln, or something of that kind.
LOCATION: Marker is in Denmark, Tennessee, in Madison County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Denmark Jackson Road and Britton Lane, on the right when traveling east. Marker is in this post office area: Denmark TN 38391, United States of America.
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