 gamertom  | 13 Mar 2021 10:35 p.m. PST |
I've been reorganizing my 15mm ACW forces and have been trying to group units by theater and year using uniforms and flags. I have a unit with an older commercial Confederate flag that I simply haven't been able to identify. It looks like the Bonnie Blue Flag, but has a yellow star rather than a white one and a wide white border around the blue field. I figure it's a state flag or special flag, but haven't found it in the resources I've consulted (including some rather frustrating Google Image searches). Anyone know what flag this is? |
| BW1959 | 14 Mar 2021 4:35 a.m. PST |
I don't really know, but could it be the Repulic of West Florida? I hear that they also used a variation of the Bonnie blue flag |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 14 Mar 2021 6:59 a.m. PST |
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 ColCampbell | 14 Mar 2021 7:20 a.m. PST |
Can you post us a picture of the flag? That might help in identifying it. See TMP link for details on how to post pictures to TMP. Jim |
| John the Greater | 14 Mar 2021 9:43 a.m. PST |
I would be likely to agree with BW1959. From the description it could be West Florida revived as a Mississippi flag. |
| Ryan T | 14 Mar 2021 10:38 a.m. PST |
It might be a poor representation of the flag of Co A, 5th Virginia infantry. The Marion Rifles flag had a white star on a blue field with gold fringes. The star had the state arms in the centre on one side and an eagle on the other side. In the past I could find several online images of this flag, but now the only one I could locate is here: link |
| gamertom | 14 Mar 2021 12:27 p.m. PST |
Here's a photo of the flag:
And here's a different flag which I think is either an Alabama state flag or a Mississippi state flag (the blue field one):
Which state is it? |
| Ryan T | 14 Mar 2021 2:59 p.m. PST |
The second flag looks like an incomplete representation of the flag of Co. B, 3rd Florida Infantry. link |
| ACWBill | 15 Mar 2021 5:59 a.m. PST |
The first flag with the gold star is an Alabama State Flag. |
| John the Greater | 15 Mar 2021 9:43 a.m. PST |
The second flag looks like it has a magnolia on it. That would argue for Mississippi |
| gamertom | 15 Mar 2021 7:56 p.m. PST |
I appreciate the responses. Another interpretation for the second flag is it is a representation of a cotton plant. This also could be either Alabama or Mississippi. By the way I came across a wonderful reference for Alabama flags:
link |
| MSU John | 17 Mar 2021 4:54 p.m. PST |
I think Ryan T is right on the 2nd one. The yellow star is Alabama. |
snapped some photos of games he didn't get a chance to play in at Council of Five Nations.
