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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Confederate States ' flag. (search)
The Confederate States' flag.
Its Evolution.
How the flag was made.
[see also Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol.
XXVIII (1900), page 89, et seq.]
A Richmond (Va.) special to the New York Herald, of December 15, 1903, says:
General W. L. Cabell, formerly of the Confederate Army, has contributed an article to the official organ of his old comrades, giving a history of the battle-flag of the Confederacy, about which there has been more or less controversy.
The General says:
When the Confederate Army, commanded by General Beauregard, and the Federal Army confronted each other at Manassas, it was seen that the Confederate flag and the Stars and Stripes looked at a distance so much alike that it was hard to distinguish one from the other.
General Beauregard, thinking that serious mistakes might be made in recognizing our troops, ordered, after the battle of July 18, at Blackburn Ford, that a small red badge should be worn on the left shoulder by our troops, and, as
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), New Market day at V. M. I. [from the Richmond, Va. , times-dispatch, June 24 , 1903
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)