Chortle  | 02 Jul 2009 4:35 a.m. PST |
I read the earlier thread on flags. I just want to make sure I've understood. Generally (with exceptions) you want one standard bearer per Confederate regiment and two standard bearers per Union regiment. After reading the earlier thread I had to pull extra standard bearers off Confederate bases. Luckily I hadn't gone too far with basing. Hopefully I won't have to go and put them back on.. |
| Big Martin | 02 Jul 2009 4:54 a.m. PST |
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| docdennis1968 | 02 Jul 2009 4:56 a.m. PST |
You are generally right with the 2 USA 1 CSA system of Regt/Btn Colors. As with everything else in the ACW there were some exceptions from time to time that you can either try to incorporate or ignore!! |
 Murphy  | 02 Jul 2009 5:55 a.m. PST |
Unless you are doing 1st Texas up at least Sharpsburg, where they had two standard bearers….one for their Regimental Colors and one for their state colors… |
| sma1941 | 02 Jul 2009 8:44 a.m. PST |
If your research shows a unit you want to do carried two flags say in 1862 then went to 1 after Lee sent the 1 flag order out. Do whatever you think looks best. If I paint an army with 1861 uniforms and flags, I certainly will not do a separate army for fighting in 1863. (well, ok, maybe I would, but I like losts of figures). |
Frederick  | 02 Jul 2009 9:21 a.m. PST |
Good plan – to be honest, I also have a lot of one-standard Union regiments |
| Billy Yank | 02 Jul 2009 9:39 a.m. PST |
There were so many variations between units and theaters that unless you are building a very specific army, its not worth worrying too much about (and I am a accuracy snob). All my Confederate regiments have one standard bearer with varying issues of the battle-flag and all my yankees have one standard bearer with variations on a US Flag (though I am thinking about rebasing for regimental flags. Cheers! |
| idontbelieveit | 02 Jul 2009 11:24 a.m. PST |
Billy Yank is right. There used to be a 2 volume work available on the flags of the Pennsylvania reserves and IIRC about half of them carried two flags, and half just one. But it has been a long time since I looked at that. |
| donlowry | 02 Jul 2009 9:32 p.m. PST |
IF you're figure to men ratio is 1:1, yes. But if 1 figure represents more than 1 real man, why can't 1 standard bearer represent 2? |
| vojvoda | 04 Jul 2009 11:48 a.m. PST |
Same here I use 2 for Union, one regimental one national colours and Confederate where I have documentation I do two, otherwise one flag. I do have All my Bde and Div, and Corps commanders with AoP unit flags and confederate units with the state flag most common in the unit. VR
James Mattes |
