"Orphan Brigade" 3rd Kentucky Infantry Lapel Pin MO Per the June 5

Per the June 5

Original flag can be viewed here

Davis attended college in Kentucky at Transylvania before entering the U

The flag was probably used in a Confederate reunion parade in 1911

the nation's foremost expert on Civil War flags determined that the flag was that of an Alabama regiment

"Orphan Brigade" 3rd Kentucky Infantry Lapel Pin MO Per the June 53rd Infantry Regiment was organized during July 1861, at Camp Boone, Tennessee. Many of the men had previous service in the Kentucky State Guard. The unit took an active part in the Battle of Shiloh and reported 174 casualties. Later it was assigned to Rust's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It lost 26 men at Baton Rouge then participated in various conflicts around Vicksburg and Jackson. During the spring of 1864