This item consists of dried wild flowers pinned to a 2.50 x 3.75 sheet of lined 19^th Century paper. Written in period ink is “THE FIRST AND ONLY WILD FLOWERS I HAVE FOUND THIS SPRING FEB. 21^ST 1863. HOWARD TO HIS MARY.  Attached to the paper above the flowers is a small white metal letter “G.”

Reverse of the paper has a period pencil inscription that reads “H. S. WRIGHT 6^TH VIRGINIA COLOR BEARER.

Howard S. Wright was born in 1841. He is listed as being 20 years old when he enlisted in Company G, 6^th Virginia Infantry on June 1, 1861. He was promoted to Corporal August 8, 1862, Sergeant October 6, 1862 and Ensign August 3, 1864.

During Wrights service with the 6th Virginia it served in the Army of Northern Virginia. Wright was wounded at 2^nd Bull Run on August 30, 1862 and at Petersburg on July 30, 1864 when he was shot in the right femur. He died of his wounds on August 5, 1864. What became of “his Mary” is not known.

This is a nice little Confederate souvenir with a sad story to tell.   [AD]

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