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Americans Flew the Confederate Flag in Foreign Wars
Some examples of the Confederate flag flying right along side the U.S. throughout the years of imperial adventure. Odd how it did bother the elites then though.
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This should read "didn't bother the elites then".
The author makes the common vexillological misake of identifying the Battle Flag as the "Stars and Bars". In reality, the Stars and Bars is this flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America...
The brass hats didn't object to CSA flags of any sort. If it kept the cannon fodder amused and placid until it was time to throw them into the meat grinder, well, so much the better.