Marshall House Flag

Season 10 Episode 4

Can Gwen connect a swatch of red fabric to a pivotal moment in U.S. Civil War history?

Gale Bay finds a swatch of red fabric in an envelope labeled “relics.” She also has a letter from her great-great grandfather Ira Wilson, about a slain commander, Col. Ellsworth. Ellsworth was the first Union officer killed in the Civil War, shot at as he took down a confederate flag near the White House. Gale asks Gwen to find out if this red fabric came from the flag that cost the Col. his life.

AIR DATE 7/30/12

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