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Van Dorn battle flag en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after American major general Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863).

Meanings

1. (rare) A flag used by the regiments under the command of the Confederate major general Earl Van Dorn during the American Civil War.
   • The Van Dorn battle flag had a red field adorned with thirteen white stars arranged in five rows, with a white crescent in the upper corner. The flags were bordered in yellow or white. 1989 January 1, Devereaux D. Cannon, The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History, St. Lukes Broadfoot Publishers, →ISBN, page 63:
   • The Van Dorn battle flag, as it came to be called, was a red rectangle bordered in yellow on three sides. Thirteen stars were scattered across the field, and in the upper left was a white crescent symbolizing Missouri. 2001 December 10, Robert Maberry Jr., Texas Flags, Texas A&M University Press, →ISBN, page 91:
   • The flag of the 4th Missouri Infantry, which may be one of the earliest examples of a Van Dorn battle flag. 2018 January 17, Sarah Laskow, “The Museum That Keeps Now-Obscure Confederate Flags”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2023:

Forms

wikipedia: 4th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Confederate) · wikipedia: 15th (Northwest) Arkansas Infantry Regiment · wikipedia: Earl Van Dorn