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Home PageCIVIL WAR BATTLE FLAG ON EXHIBIT AT MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL
JEFFERSON CITY, MO., AUG. 31, 2007 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources invites the public to view the 15th Missouri Infantry Volunteer Veterans (Union) flag. The flag is on display in the Missouri State Museum's History Hall on the first floor of the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
The 15th Missouri Infantry was raised in St. Louis in the summer of 1861. The infantry participated in numerous campaigns, including operations against Confederate Gen. Sterling Price in Missouri and against Confederate generals John Bell Hood and Nathan Bedford Forest in Tennessee. They also participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Chickamauga and Chattanooga. The unit mustered out on Dec. 25, 1865, and lost a total of 222 men killed during the course of the Civil War.
The conservation and exhibition of the flag is the result of a long-term project to conserve more than 125 Civil War flags in the museum's collection. To date, 40 flags have been conserved, and 16 have been framed for exhibition. As additional flags are conserved, they will be exhibited on a rotating basis. The Missouri State Museum plans to have at least one Civil War flag on display in the museum until the Civil War sesquicentennial in 2011, when the flags will be a central part of the museum's interpretation of the Civil War from 2011-2015.
The flag will be on display through December. The museum is open to the public free of charge from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. For more information, contact the Missouri State Museum office at 573-751-2854 or the Department of Natural Resources toll free at 800-334-6946 (voice) or 800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf). For information on state parks and historic sites, visit the Web at www.mostateparks.com.
