Special Display of the Flag of the CSS Shenandoah, the Confederacy’s Last Flag
Richmond, VA: The last flag of an active
Confederate command will be on display on the 150th anniversary of
the lowering of the flag by the officers and men of the Confederate commerce
raider CSS Shenandoah. The exhibition will take place on November
6, 2015, 10 AM – 3 PM, at The American Civil War Museum’s Museum of the
Confederacy-Richmond for a special one-day exhibition.
The Museum of
the Confederacy-Richmond is located at 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA
23219.
The Shenandoah flew the
Confederate second national flag as she hunted American shipping from October
19, 1864 until August 2, 1865 when the crew learned that the war had ended
months before. Shenandoah flew her flag again on November 6, 1865 when
the British built ship arrived in the harbor at Liverpool, England, and was
turned over to British authorities. It was the last official lowering of a
Confederate Flag. Come see this unique piece of history during this special
one-day exhibition.
posted by Chuck Demastus at
4:37 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for posting this Chuck. Too far away for me to get to, but I'd attend if I could! Purely if you're interested, I talked about the Shenandoah in a recent blogpost: she's a ship which remains of interest here in Victoria. If it's of interest, the link is http://newciteaux.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-cannon-on-goulburn.html
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