Miles resurrected what had been his preference for the national flag, a design of his own that featured a blue saltire, or X shape, with a white border and white stars (again, one for each state) on a field of red. The Committee on the Flag and Seal had rejected it the first time, suggesting that it looked "like a pair of suspenders," and now the members rejected it again. Johnston and Beauregard decided to use it anyway, with Beauregard proposing to Johnston two Confederate flags: "a peace or parade flag, and a war flag to be used only on the field of battle." This second flag, the so-called battle flag, would be the one Miles designed, and the two generals and their lieutenants met at Fairfax Court House in September 1861 to work out the details. At Johnston's urging, a square design was adopted, and each branch of the army was assigned a different size: forty-eight inches square for infantry, thirty-six inches square for artillery, and thirty inches square for cavalry." - Encyclopedia Virginia
152 years later, the Virginia Flaggers marked the occasion of the birth of the Confederate Battle Flag, THE SOLDIERS' FLAG, by displaying the 15x15 ANV Battle Flag that will be raised September 28th at the RVA I-95 Flag Site, on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol.
LEST WE FORGET!
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GOD BLESS YOUR EFFORTS. WE OWE IT TO OUR ANCESTORS AND CHILDREN TO NOT ALLOW REVISONIST HISTORY OR TO FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE. THE CORWIN AMENDMENT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ALL SCHOOLS TO SETTLE THE GOOD NORTH BAD SOUTH NONSENSE THAT MOST ARE TAUGHT TODAY.
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