31449 - Confederate Infantry Flagbearer with 1st National Colors First Legion-Late War Germans Colt 1911 Automatic

Colt 1911 Automatic

Secretary of War Simon Cameron authorized the formation of an Irish Brigade in September 1861

and olive drab crates were usually lettered in yellow

Each regiment

was the first successful assault rifle

31449 - Confederate Infantry Flagbearer with 1st National Colors First Legion-Late War Germans Colt 1911 AutomaticConfederate Infantry Flagbearer with 1st National Colors The original flag of the Confederate States of America, commonly known as the Stars and Bars, was approved by the Congress of the Confederate States and first raised over the capital building in Montgomery, Alabama, on the afternoon of the 4 March 1861. Use of the new flag spread quickly across the South with the original version having the stars in a circle, the number of stars corresponding to