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The first national flag, also known as the Stars and Bars (see above), served from 1861 to 1863 as the Confederate Navy's first battle ensign. It was generally made with a 2:3 aspect ratio, but a few very wide 1:2 ratio ensigns still survive today in museums and private collections.
A rectangular Ohio flag flies in front of the Benetka Road Covered Bridge in Ashtabula County. Ohio's flag is the only non-rectangular U.S. state flag. It is a rare example of a non-quadrilateral civil flag. According to vexillologist Whitney Smith, it may be loosely based upon cavalry flags of the Civil War and Spanish–American War.
The first official flag of the Confederate States of America—called the "Stars and Bars"—originally had seven stars, representing the first seven states that initially formed the Confederacy. As more states joined, more stars were added, until the total was 13 (two stars were added for the divided states of Kentucky and Missouri).
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In the days and weeks that followed, two more displays of Confederate flags and signs went up at two other locations in Harrison, a city of 13,000 about 20 miles west of Cincinnati. TV news crews ...
Ohio: 1902 Ohio: Oklahoma: 1911 1925 1941 1988 2006 Oklahoma: Oregon / 1925 Oregon: Pennsylvania: 1907 Pennsylvania: Rhode Island: 1640 1877 1882 1897 Rhode Island: South Carolina: 1775 1861 1910 1940 South Carolina: South Dakota: 1909 1963 1992 South Dakota: Tennessee: 1897 1905 Tennessee: Texas: 1836 1839 Texas: Utah: 1850 1903 1913 2011 2024 ...
Noted Confederate guerrilla Capt. William Quantrill was also born and raised in Ohio. In addition to Grant and Garfield, three other Ohio Civil War veterans would become President of the United States in the decades following the war: William McKinley of Canton , Rutherford B. Hayes of Fremont , and Benjamin Harrison of the greater Cincinnati area.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff at public buildings throughout Cuyahoga County and at the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern ...