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To: virtuous; Idaho_Cowboy; DiogenesLamp; nathanbedford; Georgia Girl 2; MinuteGal; All
However, of the three flags the Confederacy would go on to adopt, none are the Confederate flag that is traditionally recognized today. The "Stars and Bars" flag, currently the subject of controversy, was actually the battle flag of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

So the Confederacy adopted three flags, and none of them was the "Stars and Bars"? Now why did they need three different flags? Can anyone post images of those three flags?

The Army of Northern Virginia battle flag, BTW, has 13 stars, though the Confederacy only had 11 member states at its peak. From what I've read, at the time the "Stars and Bars were first used, it was anticipated that Kentucky and Missouri would also secede to make 13, but that never officially happened.

38 posted on 06/24/2015 7:26:39 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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Go check out how many American flags we have. A lot.


41 posted on 06/24/2015 9:51:55 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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