Can any one please tell me which flags appear in the Confederate states pack? I have the sheet, but I don't know which flags are which. I've only been able to find 5 of them.
Thank you!
Hi there,
I could probably come up with a few specifics too but in all I wouldn't say these are State Flags; what they are are Confederate flags for the Western Theatre. I see some variations of the Battle Flag that were used mainly in the West (with the relatively big centre star); I see some of the so called 'Hardee' flags (Blue field, white oval in the center), Van Dorn's Corps flags (red with stars), some so called Polks'corps flags (blue with red cros with stars in the centre) and the blue flag with the white cross which was carried by some regiments in Polk's Corps at Chickamauga. The First Nationals are al variations on the theme and not immediately specific to any regiment although it is a bit strange to see that the blue canton doesn't line up with the bottom line of the upper red bar...
So in all; if you're looking for flags for your Western Armies these are spot on; if you wanted to use them as state flags for units in the East like virtually any unit in the Army of Northern Viginia, then these are pretty useless I fear...
Hope I didn't dissapoint you but it looks like that is what it is...
Cheers,
Rob
Hey Rob - thanks for the info.
Sadly, yep, im looking for Eastern Theater stuff - one of the flags I could figure out was in fact (I think) a Mizzou flag. Oh well. Maybe I need to start working on western armies? ;)
Is this any help
http://www.krigsspil.dk/download/download_4.html
The Western theatre is often overlooked but had some very interesting and also massive actions taking place. In 10mm scale the difference in Confederate uniforms would not be very obvious so maybe painting different command stands would be an option? That way you could use your Confederate units for both theatres? I do the same with my 28mm figures; the manufacturer always provides 2 standardbearers whereas the average Confederate regiment would only carry one; that's why I normally paint up one for the Eastern and one for the Western theatre.
If you're looking for details on specific brigades or divisions just let me know; I might be able to help you.
Cheers,
Rob