Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images Co-authored by Treading Softly. When two militaries would come to clash in battle, there was always a soldier or soldiers whose job was to bear the standard of that regiment or country. In the Roman legions, this would be a soldier who would carry the emblem or the flag of that specific Legion. During the Civil War, we would see different soldiers who were tasked with carrying the flag of the Confederate States or the Union flag. The soldier was expected to be ...