The press reported that the south-central Pennsylvania residents of Shippensburg in Cumberland County awoke to find a massive secessionist "Palmetto flag" hanging from a telegraph wire in the town. The banner was immediately taken down and destroyed. (By John Osborne)
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"The Palmetto Flag at Shippensburgh, Penn.," New York Times, February 15, 1861.
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