Over twenty years have elapsed since the termination of the late Civil
War. Many of the prominent leaders, civil and military, of the late
Confederate States are now honored representatives of the people in the
national councils, or in other eminent positions lend the aid of their
talents to the wise administration of affairs of the whole country; and
the people of the several States composing the Union are now united,
treading the broader road to a glorious future.
Impressed with these views, I have the honor to submit the suggestion
made in this letter for the careful consideration it will receive at
your hands.
Very truly, yours,
R.C. DRUM,
_Adjutant-General_.
[Indorsement.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, _May 26, 1887_.
The within recommendation approved by the President, and the
Adjutant-General will prepare letters to governors of those States whose
troops carried the colors and flags now in this Department, with the
offer to return them as herein proposed. The history of each flag and
the circumstances of its capture or recapture should be given.
HON. WILLIAM C. ENDICOTT,
_Secretary of War_.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, June 7, 1887_.
Honorable GOVERNOR OF ----.
SIR: The President of the United States having approved the
recommendation that all the flags in the custody of the War Department
be returned to the authorities of the respective States in which the
regiments which bore them were organized, for such final disposition as
they may determine, I am instructed by the honorable Secretary of War to
make you, in the name of the War Department, a tender of the flags now
in this office belonging to the late volunteer organizations of the
State of ----.
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