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Confederate Color Guard

Please identify some good references that explain the structure of the Confederate Regimental color guard.

What flags did the Regimental color guard carry (the Regimental battle flag and a National Flag or a state flag)?

How many men were usually in the Regimental color guard? Was the Regimental color guard generally a Sergeant and two Corporals? (I expect this structure may have varied with the states or regiments.)

I found a record that a Regimental adjutant submitted a requisition for a “stand of colors”. What would constitute a stand of colors?

Did each company carry a guidon?

Did the structure of the color guard change later in the war?

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