Third Texas Infantry / Taylor Battle Flag, 1863 

DESCRIPTION: 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment Flag, Trans-Mississippi Department. This

Confederate flag is identified when one star is larger than all others. The larger star represents Texas. The

3rd Texas was organized in the fall of 1861. It was made in Cuba by a woman named Mrs. Phelps who

was part of a group of exiles who fled New Orleans in 1862. It was carried to Texas by a blockade-runner.

The ladies of Galveston, Texas, presented this flag to Col. Philip N. Luckett (M.D.) at the regiment muster

in mid-1862. Prior to the War, Luckett was a delegate to the Secession Convention. The 3rd Texas stayed

in the state for the entire war, serving along the Gulf coast. There is no record of the regiment

participating in any battle. It disbanded May 1865. Following the War, Col. Luckett's God child, Joseph

Luckett Dwyer, gave the flag to his son, Tom J. Dwyer, who presented it to the Magruder Chapter #2071

UDC. Note: the background of this flag is blue and not white as shown in the pictures. Reference UDC

Flag Catalogue, Flag Number 1, first through sixth printing 1997-2005. CSA Flag: 48 1/2" × 45"; Silk;

Pattern: variant Texas Pattern, red cross on blue field, 13 stars.