Linn County man recreates Iowa Civil War battle flag down to every last stitch

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Linn County man spent the final three weeks recreating an Iowa Civil Conflict battle flag to carry to Prairie Grove, Arkansas, to re-create the 1862 battle subsequent week.

Brandon Jolly re-creates civil struggle memorabilia together with flags, uniforms, and many others.; his newest was that of the nineteenth Iowa Firm C flag.

“That is an actual facsimile of how the unique was laid out,” stated Jolly.

Jolly used a projector to get the correct dimension of every piece of material, ensuring the celebrities had been all within the actual proper spot, and that the flag was the identical dimension as the unique.

“A part of what we do as dwelling historians is re-create what the person soldier and regiment as a complete would have seemed like,” he stated.

Reenacting and recreating historical past is one thing of a household affair for Jolly.

“My dad needed to get entangled in Civil Conflict reenacting and thought that was cool, and I believed my dad was actually cool,” he stated.

Nonetheless, the that means grew deeper after preventing for the flag himself. He served within the ninth Military Psychological Operations Battalion and deployed to Iraq in 2007.

“In Iraq, I flew quite a lot of flags for my members of the family and gave them to members of the family in honor of them,” stated Jolly.

For Jolly, the Civil Conflict has a particular that means that goes past the Union and the Confederacy.

“Either side are People,” he stated.

It’s about remembering all those that have fought for the flag.

“The flag has modified loads over time so far as the variety of stars and the stripes which can be on it, however the troopers which have fought below the flag haven’t modified in generations,” he stated.

After the re-enactment subsequent week, the flag shall be on mortgage to the Washington County Navy Museum.

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