Because the similarity between the Stars and Bars and the Union flag caused confusion during the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard instigated the use of a distinctive battle flag designed by William Porcher Miles. Widely mistaken as the national flag of the Confederacy, it was actually the battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
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