This battle flag of the
33rd was captured by the
26th
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment 20 Jul 1864, at the Battle
of Peach Tree Creek. It is the Second National pattern, a white field with the
square Army of Northern Virginia battle flag in the canton. The canton is red with
dark blue diagonal stripes with white stars along the stripes. The flag was returned
to the state of Mississippi 25 Mar 1905. Photo credit: Collection of the Old
Capitol Museum of Mississippi History, Jackson, MS.
