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The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy 's dissolution.
Sep 12, 2024 · Flag of the Confederate States of America, banner consisting of seven white stars on a blue canton with a field of alternating red and white stripes. The stars represent the seven seceded states of the U.S. Deep South.
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- The Confederate battle flag was never the official flag of the Confederacy. The Confederate States of America went through three different flags during the Civil War, but the battle flag wasn’t one of them.
- The flag is divisive, but most Americans may not care. Roughly one in ten Americans feels positively when they see the Confederate flag displayed, according to a 2011 Pew Research Center poll.
- The flag began to take on a new significance in the 20th century. In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the battle flag was used mostly at veterans’ events and to commemorate fallen Confederate soldiers.
- The Supreme Court recently ruled that Texas could refuse to issue Confederate flag specialty license plates. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled against the nonprofit Sons of Confederate Veterans in Texas.
Mar 26, 2022 · Confederate soldiers attack the Union line at Cemetery Ridge during a re-enactment of Pickett's Charge during the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg July 7, 2013, in Gettysburg, Penn 130707-D-DB155-002.jpg 900 × 600; 209 KB.
- First Confederate National Flag
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- Third Confederate National Flag
The first official Confederate National Flag was based on the U.S. flag. It had a large red bar at the top and one at the bottom, with a broad white bar between. In an upper corner a blue box contained seven stars, for the seven states that constituted the whole of the Confederacy at the time it was designed; eventually, it would have 11 stars, inc...
Following that incident, Beauregard urged the government to adopt a national flag that could not be mistaken for the U.S. flag on the battlefield. When his proposal was rejected, he recommended having a separate battle flag. The one chosen had a red background crisscrossed by a blue X that contained 13 white stars and was based on a rejected propos...
In a way, Beauregard won his argument for a new national flag, albeit belatedly. In the spring of 1863, the Confederate Congress, after much debate, approved a new design. This rectangular flag would be totally white except for a replica of the square battle flag in the upper left corner, descending about three-quarters of the way to the bottom. Ca...
The third and final national flag of the Confederacy was adopted on March 4, 1865, just weeks before the war ended. To eliminate the possibility of the flag being mistaken for a flag of truce or surrender, a broad, vertical red bar was added to the front edge of the second national flag. Because it was adopted when the war was nearly over, this fla...
The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy 's dissolution.
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Jun 26, 2019 · The original version of the Confederate national flag, called the Stars and Bars, included seven stars representing the first seven states to secede from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
