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Seaton Gales

Seaton Gales (1828 ''-'' 1878) was editor of the ''Raleigh Register'' and a junior editor of the ''Raleigh Sentinel''. He was a member of a prominent family of journalists in 19th century Raleigh, North Carolina. During the Reconstruction era he often referred to the United States flag as a ''rag''. Gales once came to his home using an alternate route, in order to keep from passing under the flag. Provided by Wikipedia