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Use: National flag : Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: March 4, 1865: Design: A white rectangle, one-and-a-half times as wide as it is tall, a red vertical stripe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five-pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire.
Because of its depiction in the 20th-century and popular media, many people consider the rectangular battle flag with the dark blue bars as being synonymous with "the Confederate Flag", but this flag was never adopted as a Confederate national flag. [255] The "Confederate Flag" has a color scheme similar to that of the most common Battle Flag ...
The Confederate States used several flags during its existence from 1861 to 1865. Since the end of the American Civil War, the personal and official use of Confederate flags and flags derived from them has continued under considerable controversy. [110] "Following the war, proponents of the Lost Cause used the battle flag to represent Southern ...
Pages in category "Flags of the Confederate States of America" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He said the flags also belie Harrison’s history and role in the Civil War. Young men from Harrison fought for the Union and, in 1863, the city was a crossing point for Confederate raiders under ...
The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-565-54109-2. OCLC 30780284. Documentary History of the Flag and Seal of the Confederate States of America, 1861-'65. Compiled by Raphael P. Thian. Washington. 1880.
The Confederate flag, along with other perceived hate symbols, will now be banned in some North Carolina schools. Confederate flags and controversial symbols banned from some North Carolina ...
Motives of Harrison property owner who put Confederate flags up aren’t clear.