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Flag bearers did just what their name entitles, held their colors on the battlefield. In the Confederate Army each regiment had a battle flag and sometimes a state flag. In the Union Army each regiment carried a national flag as well as a regimental flag which had the eagle holding a shield. Not only were these flags a symbol of pride to the soldiers, they also had the very important job of helping to keep the men in line (you were taught to "dress" on the colors) as well as help commanders know what regiment was which and where they were on the battlefield.
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Who were the bravest men during the Civil War?
Perhaps the unit's color guard or flag bearers, since they became easy targets.
How created the Chinese flag?
China's current flag was created byZeng Liansong in 1949, and first unveiled after the communists won the Chinese Civil War.
Why are the civil war flags red white and blue?
Because those are the colours of Stars and Stripes, the flag of the U.S.A.
An economic cause of increasing sectional conflict on the eve of the Civil War was the decreasing importance of what river?
Mississippi river
What were the flags the Civil War?
the flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flagsthe flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flags
