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Farm Boy,

Those are some great insights. Keep the ideas coming. It's apparent you know a good bit about the ins and outs of the regiments' color guards. What's you civil war history background?

John

Very nice, Farm Boy! I agree with you (just not on the Rebs capturing Yanks flags).

I'm pretty sure that subject has already been addressed.

We don’t have brigade flags in at the moment – it depends on time and memory limits.

Also we only have the one rebel flag in the game as the differences among CS flags are (a) not visible at the level of detail we are using and (b) very poorly documented. While one might be able to provide a specific answer for one selected CS regiment, the information does not exist for the very large majority of CS units. The only sure answers are for those flags that were captured at GB and where we can establish that a specific flag is the one captured.

Jim is the flag expert and I've paraphrased him above. Obviously there will be different research and views but within the game we also have time and memory limits. I've just gone through an exercise of cutting out some graphics to run the game smoothly. They were all extra items that have no impact on the visuals but computers do have limits I'm afraid.

The flag capture sounds an interesting idea - maybe not actually on the battle itself but you could be said to capture one by some slim chance (it was pretty rare I believe) and it appear in a victory page.

Being English my expertise lies with your mother country - I think you lot should all being carrying the Union Jack anyway

Tim

Maybe you should start work on an ARW game, then we could settle the flag issue from there. All the Union Jacks would be in American hands.B)

Hoistingman4

hoistingman4 wrote:

Tim

Maybe you should start work on an ARW game, then we could settle the flag issue from there. All the Union Jacks would be in American hands.B)

Hoistingman4

Indeed they would - because all American units would be part of the victorious British Army . Although being English I'd call it American War of Independance rather than a revolution.

- aren't the English amazing - we can lose a war and yet we still beleive it was somehow a mistake that should be or will be rectified and actually didn't really happen! :blink:

tim wrote:

hoistingman4 wrote:

Tim

Maybe you should start work on an ARW game, then we could settle the flag issue from there. All the Union Jacks would be in American hands.B)

Hoistingman4

Indeed they would - because all American units would be part of the victorious British Army . Although being English I'd call it American War of Independance rather than a revolution.

- aren't the English amazing - we can lose a war and yet we still beleive it was somehow a mistake that should be or will be rectified and actually didn't really happen! :blink:

The only time I know of that Americans carried the Union Jack in victory was in the French/Indian War prior to the ARW. If Torries in the ARW carried a Union Jack during ARW they were not around for long. I do see a ralationship of ideals that the English and Confederates share after losing a war, it's hard to accept the results, which I say without candor.

Hoistingman4

Amish John wrote:

Farm Boy,

Those are some great insights. Keep the ideas coming. It's apparent you know a good bit about the ins and outs of the regiments' color guards. What's you civil war history background?

John

Amish John,

Thanks !! I always try to have good idears. My civil war history backgound is purdy deep in my hertiage I have some family back down the line that fought in the civil war and one developed a few things.. I'll have to get all the info together and some pics and post it as a thread on here... I have been to alot of battlefields and I read a ton of stuff about the civil war all the time..

Hancock the Superb - Very nice, Farm Boy! I agree with you (just not on the Rebs capturing Yanks flags).

Thanks Hancock !! Lol well human pride makes it hard for people to admit things kinda like when all us rebs capture them yank flags of yours.. lol


Farm Boy

Well, here is a post that ties the threads of captured flags and the Amercican Revolution together--

Colonial Williamsburg (Dewitt Wallace Museum) is exhibiting through July the very rare captured colors of American regiments from that war. The four flags were captured at Charleston, SC in the successful British seige and were kept by the family of the British general at Charleston as private war trophies. This is the only time that the colors will be shown in public in their 225 history. After the showing the colors will be returned to the private collection of the British family.