[MUDDOG]

So it looks like the Confederate battle flag was just a variant of the Cross of St. Andrew flag (with no St. Patrick!)

But I think the Britannica is right in saying that the British flag added a (supposed) Cross of St. Patrick in 1801. And the blue and red reversed compared to the Confederate flag.

[Red Badger]

IIRC, the Union Jack is supposed to represent England (St. George’s Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew’s Cross) and Northern Ireland (St. Patrick’s Cross).......................

[colorado tanker]

I have always wondered if they chose the Cross of St. Andrew because so many Scots and Scotch-Irish settled in the South, but I’ve never researched it.