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III, Chapter 1b - Flags of the Western Theater |
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Current
Western Theater Headquarters' Flag |
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The Western Theater HQ flag during the vacant command of the Theater.
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| It is designed by the Chief of the Armies (CoA) General Scott Ludwig. |
| The need to change the flag came after the merging of the armies into one army for the Theater. |
| It is based off of General Ludwig's CoA flag & uses the Third National Flag as the template. |
| Instead of the red at the end it is turned to blue to match the use of General Richard Taylor's flag |
| from the actual war, which is in the upper left corner, instead of the CSA Battle Flag. |
| General Ludwig has always liked General Richard Taylor & was always fond of Mort Künstler's |
| painting about Taylor titled "Confederate Winter" which depicted General Taylor |
| at Chester's Gap, Virginia, March 1862. |
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Flag
designed by Gen Scott Ludwig and dedicated on 04
Augustr 2015 |
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Past
Western Theater Headquarters' Flag |
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The Western Theater HQ flag under the second
command of Lt General Scott Ludwig.
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flag's background is the "stainless" white flag used
previous. The flag has components from the |
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two
armies in the Western Theater. The Army of Alabama and
the Army of the Mississippi. |
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This is
shown in the upper left corner that has the red crimson
cross of St. Andrew from the State of |
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Alabama's
flag representing that army. Placed over it is the Great
Seal of the State of Mississippi, |
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to
represent that army. The blue cross and the stars
represent the cross of St. George from the |
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Sovereignty or Secession Flag. Finally in the upper
right is the Battle Flag turned upwards to represent |
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the
Confederacy as a whole and the mixture of various flags
used during the War. |
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Flag
designed by Lt Gen Scott Ludwig and dedicated on 25
November 2011 |
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Past
Western Theater Headquarters' Flag |
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The Western
Theater HQ's banner under the command of
Maj Gen Cameron McOmish. |
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Unique as
it combines elements of both the
CSA 2nd National Flag and the New
Zealand National flag. |
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The CSA 2nd
National Flag was introduced in 1863 and is also known
as 'Stainless Banner'. |
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The New
Zealand National Flag contains the 4 star constellation
known as the Southern Cross. |
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The
Southern Cross can only be view from the Southern
Hemisphere. |
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Flag
designed by Gen Robert Weir, proprietor of the CSA
Metal Works, LLC and dedicated on 12 October 2009 |
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Past
Western Theater Headquarters' Flag |
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This Western
Theater HQ flew under the command of Lt General Scott
Ludwig |
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This flag is the CSA 2nd National
flag, also called the "Stainless Banner. |
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This flag
was introduced in 1863. |
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