"Thy Will Be Done" he Veteran Exempts - Plattsburgh Flag Shirt Baltimore Portrait of Stonewall Jackson

Portrait of Stonewall Jackson

The battle honors are all painted white in capital letters above and below the central disc

22nd North Carolina - Randolph Hornets

Following a confrontation during which Benjamin relentless questioned Davis on a military bill

This Lone Star variation on the first national flag of the Confederacy (the "Stars and Bars") bears the ink inscription "Captured from Schooner William near Oyster Bay

"Thy Will Be Done" he Veteran Exempts - Plattsburgh Flag Shirt Baltimore Portrait of Stonewall JacksonHistorical background: The Veteran Exempts, commanded by a Captain Melvin L. Woolsey, was a local New York militia company, formed in July of 1812, which was made up of veterans of the American Revolution who were otherwise exempt from military service because of their age. Many of the settlers in upstate New York (and Ohio) were veterans of the Revolutionary War and had been paid by grants of lands on the frontiers. By forming militia units they