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Rsmyth · (This post was last modified: 05-17-2014 08:41 AM by Rsmyth.)

Ed, please correct me if I am wrong.

The provenance of the CT flag is strong. It is more than likely the "in the grasp flag", which Lincoln may have held to the side to view the stage. The flag that may have tripped Booth is on display at Ford's

The origin of the deteriorated flag (the flag in question) is swathed in confusion beginning with newspaper accounts from the 1920’s & 30’s that stated a flag being displayed at the Treasury building is the flag that tripped John Wilkes Booth. What is known is that at this time both Treasury flags, the National and the Regimental were no longer present in the building.

In my opinion, the deteriorated flag was misidentified as the flag that tripped Booth.

The flag was more than likely the 3rd Treasury Guard flag (from the stand of colors) on display in the box that evening.