Keep the Flag to the Front

Presentation of the Second Kansas Flag

The day before they departed for Lawrence a beautiful flag was presented to them by the women of Emporia, one whom delivered a patriotic address as she tendered it to the standard bearer. Father Fairchild, a pioneer Methodist minister, spoke with eloquence and deep feeling. The company was in the fierce battle of Wilson [sic] Creek, where it lost four killed and eleven wounded. . . .The Lieutenant [C.S. Hills] wrote home:

Our little flag the ladies gave was completely riddled with shot and shell. And the brave one who carried it will not carry it home again. Tell the donors it has not been disgraced.

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