Re: [DL] Southern heraldry

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

In Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles, he refers to the "classic"
Confederate flag of popular imagination as the "Battle Flag" used on the
field to identify Southern Military Units as opposed the "Stars and Bars"
which was sometimes confused with the "Stars and Stripes," generally with
unpleasant results.
    A similar analogy would be the Japanese flag.  The civilivian flag is a
simple red circle on a white background, whereas the military flag (still
used by the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (i.e. the Japanese Navy)
has a radiating, red sun on a white background.
          Daniel Gwyn

"And as I sit and talk with you I see your face go white.
The shadow hanging over me is no trick of the light.
The specter on my back will soon be free:
The dead have come to claim a debt from thee."

From "The Turkish Song of the Damned"
By the Pogues


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed. <cmcgloth@halifax.com>
À : deadlands@gamerz.net <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Date : March 5, 2001 5:36 PM
Objet : Re: [DL] Southern heraldry


>At 09:28 AM 3/5/2001 +0100, Mr. Tomasz F Misiorek wrote:
>>Ladies & Gentlemen
>>
>>Do You know, if Confederacy had official anthem and symbol?
>
> The Confederacy never adopted an official anthem, but the songs "Dixie"
>and "The Bonnie Blue Flag" are forever associated with the Lost Cause due
>to their popularity during The War (at least in the South ;-) ).
> As for their symbol, you can view the Great Seal of the Confederacy at
>
> http://www.gettysburgmall.com/larger/g-128-129-130.html
>
>>And second thing, colors. To my players, I always picture Confederate
>>cavalry bearing famous red standard with blue st. Andrew's cross,
obligatory
>>battletorn. Union troops have of course stars and stripes, much less
torn:-)
>
> That eventually became the regulation banner, but bear in mind that many
>battle flags were issued by the states or (most commonly) donated by the
>neighbors and family of the unit's members. Therefore, you might see the
>Stars & Bars (Early War), the Southern Cross (square in the East,
>rectangular in the West), a State Flag or something completely unique to
>that unit (especially in the West)-- all on the same battlefield.
> If you have a specific theater of war/unit/time period in mind, please
>feel free to post a follow-up here and I can go into more detail about what
>that interests you. I can also expound on the whole subject at length, but
>I usually give my victims a chance to beg off before I get started on a
>War-related topic. :-)
> Hope this much helps!
>
>
>Deo Vindice,
>Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed.
>
>Additional Developer: Deadlands: The Weird West Revised Edition
>Co-Author: Tales o' Terror: 1877, Back East: The South & the JLA Sourcebook
>Reviewer: Games Unplugged Magazine
>Southern by the Grace of God
>
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