Here's the 25th Virginia Infantry Regimental flag. It was used, with other types of communication, in a time of large masses of troops to control movements of one's own unit on a chaotic battlefield.
43 posted on 07/08/2015 7:13:03 PM PDT by xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)