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Battle Flag: Lee's Army?

In the section on the "battle flag", the sixth paragraph begins:

"On November 28, 1861, Confederate soldiers in General Robert E. Lee's newly reorganized Army of Northern Virginia received the new battle flags in ceremonies at Centreville and Manassas, Virginia, and carried them throughout the Civil War."

The Army of Northern Virginia was only so named in March of 1862 and Robert E. Lee did not take command until June 1st of that year. In November of 1861 it was still known as the Army of The Potomac (the same as the opposing Union Army, no doubt leading to confusion) and was still under the command of Joseph E. Johnson, so either the date or the names of the army and its commander are incorrect.

Why was the Stars and Bars flag abandoned?

Changing the national flag in the middle of a war seems a strange thing to do. Some explanation is in order. Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 03:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was because they decided they didn't want their flag to resemble the flag of the USA (the Union) after a year or two into the war. Initially, at least some of the states did want there to be a resemblance. It is mentioned in the article, but not as clearly as it should be. Thanks for pointing that out with your comment!--FeralOink (talk) 10:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject assessment changes

Resolved class errors for several of the Wikiprojects to which it belonged;
Reassessed importance and lowered some from "mid" to "low". Why? Because the flags themselves aren't of mid-importance to the military history of the United States (or even the US civil war) even though the US Civil War is of high importance to both the history of the US and the military history of the US. Same for the African Diaspora (the US Civil War is of high importance but these flags aren't). Retained mid importance for Discrimination because some of these flags continue to be associated and changing requires an editor with more subject-matter knowledge;
WikiProject Heraldry and Vexillology doesn't use an importance parameter.--FeralOink (talk) 10:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arkansas Shouldn't Be in the State Flags Section

Why bother putting Arkansas on the section containing the state flags if it doesn't even have a flag? I suggest that Arkansas should be removed on that section, instead of keeping it there and putting an "X" image. Arizona didn't have a flag during the American Civil War and it wasn't listed there, so why not do the same on Arkansas? Anonymy365248 (talk) 06:30, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Light blue cross on the Navy Jack?

I have found no evidence that the Confederate Navy consistently used a jack with a cross that was noticeably lighter in blue than other Confederate flags with this pattern. It seems to me that this is just speculation, or a one-off. Marcus365 (talk) 04:30, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]