"Presenting all known Confederate and Union flags of the state of Tennessee, this encyclopedic work showcases the complete Civil War flag collection of the Tennessee State Museum. Some 200 extant flags are identified and exhaustively documented here along with another 300 that are known through secondary and archival sources. With 300 color illustrations and meticulous notes on textiles and preservation efforts, Stephen Cox and his team weave the history behind the flags, including the stories of the women who stitched them, the regiments that bore them, and the soldiers and bearers who served under them and carried them"--