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The Latest Version of the Confederate Flag (Original Post)
tecelote
Aug 2017
OP
The white flag was also used for truces, which is what this appears to be...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2017
#6
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)1. Look like union soldiers to me. n/t
tecelote
(5,122 posts)5. You were right - fixed
Throck
(2,520 posts)2. Those look like union soldiers.
Are confederate soldiers non- union?
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)4. Sigh. Your snark-fu is weak. Union Calvary surrendering?
Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)6. The white flag was also used for truces, which is what this appears to be...
Though the "Stainless Banner" is a funny one, it was mostly white to represent white supremacy, roughly, and looked like the truce/surrender flag, so they had to change it.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)7. I like this one
The original rebel flag
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Historic NY
(37,449 posts)8. Its a parley.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)9. That's two sides meeting under a flag of truce.
Which did happen often in the war.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)10. This is the one that counted.......