The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...

The battle became known as the Bladensburg ... started fabricating a standard-sized garrison flag — 42 by 30 feet, with 15 stars stretching 26 inches across and two-foot stripes — 15 of ...

It was not the first time city leaders withdrew a flag from the pavilion to preempt conflict, the statement said, citing another provocative example: The Confederate battle standard, known for its ...

The Ziaks, having examined hundreds, said that one message wishing the bearer long life and good luck in battle was standard, often written in bold characters. But some flags, they said ...

The main standard of the Wessex Saxons was a gold dragon, which they carried at the battle of Burford in 752 ... It was the beginning of the flag as we know it today.