From the Richmond Dispatch, 7/3/1861, p. 2

Handsome Flag. - A beautiful Confederate States flag, fabricated by the fair hands of the ladies of Baltimore, has been sent by them to Richmond to Capt. J. Lyle Clarke's company of Maryland Volunteers. It will be presented to them this evening, at 6 o'clock, after dress parade, at the Fair Grounds. Gen. John H. Winder, of Maryland, Inspector General, will participate in the ceremonies incident to the occasion. The same company has also received a very handsome flag of the State of Maryland from the ladies of Baltimore.

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