Van Dorn battle flag

Noun

Van Dorn battle flag (plural Van Dorn battle flags)

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