N.C. museum returns Civil War flag to Rhode Island
RALEIGH, N.C. - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials at a North Carolina museum have returned a Civil War flag to the Rhode Island National Guard in the hopes the gesture will be reciprocated.
The North Carolina Museum of History said Thursday it has returned a silk, V-shaped flag belonging to Company L of the First Rhode Island Cavalry. The flag was captured by the Fifth North Carolina Cavalry in June 1863 and donated to the museum in the early 1900s.
Curator Tom Belton said the museum is hoping Rhode Island state officials will return a North Carolina flag captured by Rhode Island soldiers at New Bern in March 1862.
The N.C. Museum of History said it has the third largest Confederate flag collection in the world.
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