Hi, Somewhere in the back of memory I remember Dr. Jack Scroggs of North Texas State University Graduate school telling us what is recognized as the Confederate Flag with the Red and the Cross corner, He said this was a Regimental flag which was copied by other units and nt the flag adopted by the Confederate Congress. Also, he stated that before the war ended there were more Butternut Brown Confederate Uniforms on battlefields- Apparently the Gray was a dress uniform by the war's end, but, as supplies were cut off and ports blocaded, the only dye available in a large Quantity was Black Walnut - the soft bark around the hard shell. This made the Butternut Brown uniforms more like solid brown- some Army fatigue and combat uniforms have taken on the Desert Storm brown spotted uniforms. Fort Jessup, near a 1600 acre Federal Park and museum OFF the main road near Raylene La. on El Camio Real or the Old Spanish Trail, was opened near the Texas Border as soon as we bought Louisiana. It is between Natchitoches, La. and Nacodoches, Texas on a loop off the Many Highway, about 8 miles from the first Spanish Capitol of Texas- near Zwollie. Some Natchitoches buildings on the Cane River port are older than many in the New Orleans French Quarter, but St. Louis already also claims older buildings than in "N'Orlens" Gray uniforms were given out by Pres. Jackson before 1836 to soldiers who were also given a rifle and told there was land in Texas if theuy individually wanted some of it. These Uniforms of the "New Orleans Grays" are in the St. Louis Cathedral museum near Jackson Square on Burbon or a neighboring street.in New Orleans. Most people seeing them think they are Confederate Uniforms, which came 50 years later. Take care, Charles A. Wyly On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:41:18 EDT LRudd71847@aol.com writes: > <<HISTORY IS NEVER POLITICALLY CORRECT, but only when the truth of > what > happened to the South is ever able to come to light, especially the > horrors > of Reconstruction, will there be full understanding as to why > Southerners > continue to honor their Confederate dead and the flag. If you think > people > fly that flag to show defiance, hatred of Yankees, or to be flat out > racist, > you have been brainwashed by the media and the poitically "correct" > people > to think as they do. > > Today the flag is flown, as any country's flag, as a point of honor: > honor > of the dead and honor to an idea for a better form of government. > It is > interesting that we are still fighting about what we were fighting > about in > the War Between the States. Many men have died in many wars for > freedom and > that includes a Southerner's right to fly their flag of honor.>> > > Thank you for posting that information, and you said it very well. > Yes, > everybody has the right to an opinion, after all we live in a > country where > that right is protected. But before one attempts to put their > "opinion" on > the table as "fact" they need to know the history, the TRUE history. > That is > what genealogy is all about ... your history ... not just collecting > names > and dates, but also understanding the whys and the whats of the > events of the > time and the impact they had on our ancestors. It concerns me > personally that > so many people are willing to take history based on what they are > told or see > in the media instead of investigating it themselves. > Thank you for stating it well, > Linda in Texas > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >