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Final flag of the secessionist Confederacy, Virginia, USA, 1865

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Final flag of the secessionist Confederacy, Virginia, USA, 1865

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Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surrender_flag_of_the_Civil_War_by_Matthew_Bisanz.JPG

Yes, it’s a flag of surrender. And also a literal dishtowel. They used what they had, which wasn’t much, apparently, lmao

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I don’t know if I would go so far as to say it was the final flag.

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