The Army Of The Peninsula Stickers/Magnets

The Army of the Peninsula Flag Sticker Each purchase comes with three stickers or one magnet.Original flag can be viewed here. Historical Background: The Confederate Army Of the Peninsula, under the command of Major General John B. Magruder, was charged with the defense of the critical peninsula between the York and James Rivers southeast of Richmond, Virginia. On 9 April 1862, as reinforcements arrived from Northern Virginia to help counter Union General McClellan’s thrust up the peninsula, Magruder found it necessary to inform his troops that the newly arriving forces from the Army of the Potomac carried a distinctive battle flag. This circular to his men described a flag with a, “Pink Ground – Blue diagonal cross-bars with white stars along the bars – yellow border binding two inches wide.” This basically was describing the 2nd type of the silk issue “Beauregard battle flags” that had been distributed to the four divisions and outlying brigades of the Confederate Army of the Potoma