Irrespective of what you have ever or never heard, the pattern commonly flown -- and the pattern over which there was controversy -- is the pattern of a battle

Irrespective of what you have ever or never heard, the pattern commonly flown -- and the pattern over which there was controversy -- is the pattern of a battle flag[0]. The national flags of the Confederacy were different, though some of them incorporated that pattern. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#Battle_flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_State...