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How did Civil Rights leaders of the 1950s and the 1960s perceive the Confederate battle flag? How did this differ from Northern perspectives of the Confederate flag?-Nick | How did Civil Rights leaders of the 1950s and the 1960s perceive the Confederate battle flag? How did this differ from Northern perspectives of the Confederate flag?-Nick | ||
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| + | The many different battle groups throughout the confederate states had very different opinions on what the flag should look like, (size, colors, dimensions) and defended their individual rights to carry those flags into battle despite the obvious dangers, and confusion, it presented for the units. Did this belligerent defense of their perceived rights within the confederacy lead to other issues of coordination and standardization within the Confederate army? - AJ | ||
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| + | How much of a role do you think the lost cause, and the continued fierce loyalty to the confederacy that came with it, had in making the flag the symbol it became? - AJ | ||
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| + | Coski cites a study conducted by James McPherson regarding soldier motivations. McPherson claims that Confederate soldiers did not consciously fight for the preservation of slave property, but rather, to defend their states. Are the results of this study surprising? We usually think of the suppression of the slavery theme as a post-war/Lost Cause phenomenon, so does the fact that soldiers were thinking this during the war change the way we can look at confederate soldiers? Do you by the study?- aaskins | ||
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| + | There are numerous accounts in this book that relate the intimate connection Confederate soldiers felt with their (various) battle flags. This seems to be a common reaction of any nationalist of any country. What is it about flags that move people and is it irrational?- aaskins | ||
