VERY RARE CIVIL WAR UCV VETERANS - 2ND MARYLAND - UCV SILK FLAG / CSA - EXC For Sale

VERY RARE CIVIL WAR VETERANS FLAG-U C V-SILK FLAG OF THE 2ND MARYLAND-CSA-ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA-FRAMED-MEASURES 21 1/4\" BY 17 1/4\" WITH THE SILK FLAG 18 1/2\" BY 12 1/4\"- APPEARS HAND COLOR TINTED- STILL AS BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT COLOR-VERY MINOR STAINING UPPER LEFT CORNER-FEW AREAS OLD COLOR HAS BLEED VERY SLIGHTLY- MARKED U C V(UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS) 2 MD- STATE SEAL IN CENTER-CIRCA LATE 1800S-EARLY 1900S- SOME LIGHT WEAR POINTS-FLAG IS ATTACHED TO BACKING WITH CLEAR TAPE AROUND THE FRONT EDGES- EXCELLENT CONDITION- USED BY VETERANS AS A FLAG/WALL BANNER- THE 2ND MARYLAND INFANTRY WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS OF THE 1ST MD IN AUG 62 WHEN THEIR ENLISTMENTS ENDED- THE UNIT SAW ACTION IN MANY OF THE FIEREST BATTLES OF THE WAR-INCLUDING THE BRUTAL FIGHTING AT CULP\'S HILL DOING THE THREE DAY GETTYSBURG FIGHT- IRONICLY ALL MARYLAND UNITS BOTH UNION AND CONFEDERATE-INFANTRY-ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY ENDED UP FIGHTING ON OR AROUND CULP\'S HILL- AT TIMES AGAINST RELATIVES AND OLD FRIENDS- THE MARYLANDERS WERE SO RESPECTED, THAT GENERAL LEE HIMSELF REMOVED HIS HAT WHEN THEY PASSED IN REVIEW LATER THAT YEAR IN VIRGINIA- THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE THIER ALL TO THE END- THEIR CASAULTIES WERE SO SEVERE ONLY 40 REMAINED AT THE APPOMATTOX SURRENDER-2ND MD ARTILLERY(BALTIMORE LIGHT) ALSO FOUGHT IN MANY OF THE SAME BATTLES AND AS INFANTRY AT THE END-VERY RARE VETERANS FLAG AND VERY DESIRABLE COLLECTIBLE