Ah, no. The '56-'01 flag incorporated the Battle Flag (arguably nonpolitical during the War). It was "too devisive". So, for the current one we incorporated the entire CSA First National Flag (the national symbol of the CSA and all its "feelings") without so much as a wimper from the PC crowd.
You gotta love the irony, I don't care who you are...
I laughed out loud when I first saw the newest flag. If the opponents of the 1956 flag really were knowledgeable in history, at least one of them would have noticed.
You’re right that when I (like most Yankees) say “Confederate flag,” I mean a rectangular VERSION of the (square, in actual war use) Confederate battle flag. I had never even SEEN the “civilian” flag of the Confederacy until just the last few years.
Irony indeed!