Van Dorn battle flag

Definitions

A flag utilized by the regiments under the command of the Confederate major general Earl Van Dorn during the American Civil War.

rare

Examples

“The Van Dorn battle flag had a red field adorned with thirteen white stars arranged in five rows, with a white crescent in the upper corner. The flags were bordered in yellow or white.”

“The Van Dorn battle flag, as it came to be called, was a red rectangle bordered in yellow on three sides. Thirteen stars were scattered across the field, and in the upper left was a white crescent symbolizing Missouri.”

“The flag of the 4th Missouri Infantry, which may be one of the earliest examples of a Van Dorn battle flag.”

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