An Historic Flagstaff

An Historic Flagstaff.

In general Corbin's office at the war department is a section of the flag staff from which floated the stars and stripes over Fort Sumter when the garrison stationed there struck its colors April 14, 1861, and left the fort in possession of the confederates. The staff was of yellow pine, and the piece in General Corbin's office is about one foot long and nearly the same size in diameter.