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On Saturday, the 1st day of April, 1865, orders reached us at camp headquarters of the Seventh South Carolina Cavalry, Gary's Brigade, to send forward all the dismounted men of the regiment to report to Lt. Col. Barham, Twenty-fourth Regiment Virginia Cavalry, in command of dismounted men of the brigade, for duty on the lines. Began to think that a move was intended of some sort, but on the brink, as all knew and felt for some time, of great events, it was difficult to say what was expected. On Sunday, the 2d, about mid-day, orders came for the wagon train of the brigade, spare. | The Falling Flag by Edward M. Boykin 1 The Falling Flag by Edward M. Boykin The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Falling Flag by Edward M. Boykin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Falling Flag Evacuation of Richmond Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox Author Edward M. Boykin Release Date May 30 2010 EBook 32611 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FALLING FLAG Produced by Jeannie Howse and Friend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. ------------------------------------------------- Transcriber s Note Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved. ---------------------------------------------- The Falling Flag by Edward M. Boykin 2 Illustration A CAVALRY CHARGE. THE FALLING FLAG. EVACUATION OF RICHMOND RETREAT AND SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX. BY EDWARD M. BOYKIN LT. COL. 7th REG . CAVALRY. Third Edition. NEW YORK . HALE SON PUBLISHERS MURRAY STREET. 1874. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1874 by . HALE SON in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. DEDICATION. TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 7th South Carolina Cavalry THIS SHORT ACCOUNT OF AN INTERESTING PERIOD IN THEIR MILITARY HISTORY AND THAT OF THE CAUSE THEY LOVED SO WELL AND FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT SO FAITHFULLY Is Dedicated BY ONE WHO CONSIDERS HAVING BEEN THEIR COMRADE THE PROUDEST RECOLLECTION OF HIS LIFE. PREFACE. The writer only attempts to give some account of what occurred within his own observation he would have esteemed it a privilege to enter into all the detail that lights up the last desperate struggle made by that glorious remnant of the

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