Rare Civil War flag to be sold at Columbus auction

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this month.

Carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry during Pickett's Charge, a failed Confederacy assault in 1863 on the Gettysburg battle's third day, the flag is one in a series of items open to bidders on April 26 at Fleischer's Auctions in Columbus. The charge, named after Gen. George Pickett, who steered more than 12,500 soldiers that day...