. . . presented to them by the ladies of Lafayette, and borne
through its campaign in Western Virginia without the least injury, was so
completely riddled by the leaden hail of balls at the battle of Mill Spring
that it looked like a number of pieces of ribbon fastened to a staff. For more than one hour it was streaming to
the breeze amid that terrible fire, and but one person of the color guard was
injured, which shows that the rebels elevated their pieces too high for affective
aim.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 8, 1862, p. 2
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