Talk:Army of Northern Virginia

message: The flag you have as The "Army of north Virginia", is incorrect. That is his headquarters flag. It was made by his wife and daughters.  This flag served as Lee's headquarters flag until 1863. The original is on display in the Museum of the Confederacy. The stars are arranged to depict the Ark of the Covenant. hope I did this right.
Did You Know?
Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard was instrumental in creating the battle flag that has come to be synonymous with the Confederacy. Following the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861, he approved a new flag design for the Army of Northern Virginia after recognizing that the original Confederate flag—known as the “Stars and Bars”—looked too similar to the U.S. flag when seen in the confusion of battle
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._T._Beauregard
68.97.206.238 (talk) 20:33, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag is wrong

message: You've been referenced by the media! See  "According to wikipedia.com (sic), the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen. Robert E. Lee, was the primary military force of the Confederacy in the eastern theater of the Civil War." - Ta bu shi da yu 02:55, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Beauregard and Johnston commanded the army itself beforehand, but Army of Northern Virginia, as a name, was created by Lee just after he was appointed to command. --Chr.K. 21:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have souped up the description a bit. I have a high degree of confidence in the Eicher citation; their Civil War High Commands reference contains an exhaustive history of unit lineage. I think what we have here is renaming retrospectively. It is probable that Eicher has documentation showing the name was assigned effective March 14 simply because some of those records were created after Lee assumed command. This is very similar in nature to other armies that had later more famous names. A prime example is the Army of the Tennessee, which is almost universally cited as fighting in the Battle of Shiloh, although that name was not formally designated until October 16, 1862. Hal Jespersen 00:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is incorrect.  The Official Records have a telegram from Joe Johnston in February of 1862 referring to himself as "commanding the Army of Northern Virginia."  http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;q1=Army%20of%20Northern%20Virginia;rgn=full%20text;idno=waro0005;didno=waro0005;view=image;seq=1097 It's unclear when that name came into use, but it was most certainly prior to Lee assuming command. The Frog (talk) 05:29, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lee naming it 

message: I found and removed only one word of what  might   have been puffery so i removed the box that said it had some.Lee Tru. (talk) 23:59, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puffery 

message: I think that we should merge the article about the Confederate Army of the Potomac into this article, they're the same army, the only difference is the name. --23.31.136.201 (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: In a word, No. The Army of the Potomac was formed for a specific purpose and then was renamed as the scope of the civil war changed. It was not created to be the Army of Northern Virginia when it was formed. You are conflating two issues which shows a poor grasp of history. In recent history that is like combining the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) with the United States Army Vietnam (USARV). I have removed the templates because it would be daft to continue.5.81.1.114 (talk) 11:35, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging the article about the Confederate Army of the Potomac