The reason may be that some versions of the battle flag had a white border
Four decades after the war, the United Confederate Veterans imposed a uniformity that did not exist during the war, officially designating the blue cross on a square-shaped red field with a white border as the Confederate Battle Flag.
some versions of the battle flag had a white border
Ohhhh, that makes sense. It's a border around the recognizable confederate flag bit, not an extension of the white stripe. It's still hideous, but at least that makes sense.
New question, what the fuck were they thinking? Just look at figure 3 in your link. It's like a website that doesn't know how to format your picture correctly lmao
Lol, yeah, that one looks pretty bad. As I understand it, the white flag with emblem in top left is a naval ensign or something. Could be confused with a white flag of retreat if the wind wasn't blowing, so they put the red bar on the right edge
See some examples here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ensign
wtf happened in 1906 to make them decide to disconnect the confederate flag from the rest of the flag
the fact that it originally connected and was specifically changed to look like a compilation of clip art is utterly baffling
The reason may be that some versions of the battle flag had a white border
https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/the-confederate-flag.html
Four decades would line up with 1906
Ohhhh, that makes sense. It's a border around the recognizable confederate flag bit, not an extension of the white stripe. It's still hideous, but at least that makes sense.
New question, what the fuck were they thinking? Just look at figure 3 in your link. It's like a website that doesn't know how to format your picture correctly lmao
Lol, yeah, that one looks pretty bad. As I understand it, the white flag with emblem in top left is a naval ensign or something. Could be confused with a white flag of retreat if the wind wasn't blowing, so they put the red bar on the right edge
See some examples here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ensign