When the rebel flag flew over Oregon soil — for real

Published: Dec. 29, 2020, 2 p.m.

Smithfield rebels' gesture of defiance on the main stagecoach route caused shock and outrage, but nobody was outraged enough to risk being shot over it; so the flag waved there until federal troops arrived and confiscated it. (Franklin, Lane County; 1862) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1502a.rebel-flag-over-oregon.324.html)