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Re: Richmond 1st Bunting Issue Info

Greg,
You might want to go take a closer look. I was just on the site a moment ago and the problem I mentioned is still there. If you go to the point where there is the image of the 1st Bunting flag look up and look down. The section directly before and directly after the image are identical text. Both sections talk about the Cotton Issue, and neither talks about the 1st Bunting issue. I will copy the text of both and place them here so you can see.

The entry for the Cotton Issue
"By the Spring of 1862, the battle flag of the Confederate Army of the Potomac was neither widely distributed to the forces in Virginia nor was it the only battle flag in use. In November and December of 1861, the silk battle flags made in Richmond had only been distributed to the units of the four divisions of the Army at Centreville and to a few outlying brigades. In April of 1862, while these forces were shifting to Virginia’s peninsula between the York and James Rivers, General Magruder had caused another design to be instituted in his Army of the Peninsula which was completely different from the Army of the Potomac design. Moreover, as other Confederate units arrived in the vicinity of Richmond to reinforce these two armies, the Confederate Quartermaster’s Department found it necessary to seek additional battle flags for units that had never yet received either of the distinctive battle flags. As the silk supply in Richmond had been exhausted by Captain Selph’s efforts the previous winter, the department turned to another dress material– a wool-cotton blend used in less formal, daily clothing. Like the silk issues of 1861, these flags appear to have been made by ladies’ sewing circles. The resulting flags were about 42″ square; their scarlet fields were crossed by a poorly dyed blue cotton St. Andrew’s cross without the usual white edging. The cross bore still only 12 white stars, despite the Confederate recognition of Kentucky as its thirteenth state in December of 1861. All four edges of the flag were bound with a narrow orange cotton border. The distribution of these “cotton” substitutes was very limited, with only three forces currently known to have received them: Hood’s Brigade of Whiting’s Division, Elzey’s Brigade from the Shenandoah Valley, and Stuart’s Maryland Line. The manufacture of further flags of this pattern was precluded by the establishment of a “flag department” at the Richmond Clothing Depot that began in May making and distributing quality battle flags made of bunting.
These limited replacement flags were first issued starting in April, 1862 and continuing into May. Lieutenant James Lemon, of the 18th Georgia Infantry (who received their flag on or about May 7th) wrote upon his unit receiving their cotton flag, “It is a beautiful crimson flag with blue bars and 12 stars.”

The entry for 1st Bunting Issue
"By the Spring of 1862, the battle flag of the Confederate Army of the Potomac was neither widely distributed to the forces in Virginia nor was it the only battle flag in use. In November and December of 1861, the silk battle flags made in Richmond had only been distributed to the units of the four divisions of the Army at Centreville and to a few outlying brigades. In April of 1862, while these forces were shifting to Virginia’s peninsula between the York and James Rivers, General Magruder had caused another design to be instituted in his Army of the Peninsula which was completely different from the Army of the Potomac design. Moreover, as other Confederate units arrived in the vicinity of Richmond to reinforce these two armies, the Confederate Quartermaster’s Department found it necessary to seek additional battle flags for units that had never yet received either of the distinctive battle flags. As the silk supply in Richmond had been exhausted by Captain Selph’s efforts the previous winter, the department turned to another dress material– a wool-cotton blend used in less formal, daily clothing. Like the silk issues of 1861, these flags appear to have been made by ladies’ sewing circles. The resulting flags were about 42″ square; their scarlet fields were crossed by a poorly dyed blue cotton St. Andrew’s cross without the usual white edging. The cross bore still only 12 white stars, despite the Confederate recognition of Kentucky as its thirteenth state in December of 1861. All four edges of the flag were bound with a narrow orange cotton border. The distribution of these “cotton” substitutes was very limited, with only three forces currently known to have received them: Hood’s Brigade of Whiting’s Division, Elzey’s Brigade from the Shenandoah Valley, and Stuart’s Maryland Line. The manufacture of further flags of this pattern was precluded by the establishment of a “flag department” at the Richmond Clothing Depot that began in May making and distributing quality battle flags made of bunting.
These limited replacement flags were first issued starting in April, 1862 and continuing into May. Lieutenant James Lemon, of the 18th Georgia Infantry (who received their flag on or about May 7th) wrote upon his unit receiving their cotton flag, “It is a beautiful crimson flag with blue bars and 12 stars.”

So we have the Cotton Issue twice and no information on the 1st Bunting, then it goes directly to the second Bunting.

Also, when you are on the main page and you click the link to go read about Color guards and Color Sgt's, it results in an error and says the page does not exist.

Can someone else take a look and see if this all happens for them as well with the redundancy of information, and make sure it's not just my computer?

Josh

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