“The Compleat Victory” was written by retired Army Col. Kevin Weddle ... The museum also owns the largest collection of state battle flags in the country and the largest collection of Civil ...

He’s a retired U.S. Army Colonel. On Veterans Day, it was a mailbox full of flags that can no longer be flown. “We’re the only nation in the world that has a specific way to fold its flag ...

This version has been corrected. After Union Army Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, shown in this portrait clutching a flag, was slain, the officer became a Union martyr. Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman ...