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The current flag of the U.S. state of Alabama (the second in Alabama state history) was adopted by Act 383 of the Alabama Legislature on February 16, 1895: [1] [2] "The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend ...
It was flying above the Confederate batteries that first opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, in South Carolina beginning the Civil War. The "Van Dorn battle flag" was also carried by Confederate troops fighting in the Trans-Mississippi and Western theaters of war. Many military units also carried their own regimental flags into battle.
Coat of arms of Alabama Flag of the Governor since 1939. Alabama Coat of Arms (1923) and the State Seal include the Confederate Battle Flag. Alabama State Flag (1895) The Alabama Department of Archives and History found in 1915 that the flag was meant to "preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive features of the Confederate battle ...
South Dakota: Tennessee: 1897 1905 Tennessee: Texas: 1836 1839 Texas: Utah: 1850 1903 1913 2011 2024 Utah: Vermont: 1770 1804 1837 1923 Vermont: Virginia: 1861 1865 1950 Virginia: Washington: 1923 1967 Washington: Washington D.C. 1924 1938 Washington D.C. West Virginia: 1907 1929 West Virginia: Wisconsin: 1866 1913 1981 Wisconsin: Wyoming: 1917 ...
Map showing the flags of the 50 states of the United States, its five territories, and the capital district, Washington, D.C.. The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles.
After the election of Abraham Lincoln from the anti-slavery Republican Party in 1860, plus the prior secession declarations of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida, Alabama delegates also voted to secede from the United States, on January 11, 1861, in order to join and form a slaveholding Southern republic, [4] mostly of the Cotton States. [5]
Webb, Samuel L., and Margaret Armbrester, eds. Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State (University of Alabama Press, 2001). Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk, ed. From Civil War to Civil Rights—Alabama, 1860–1960: An Anthology from the Alabama Review (U of Alabama Press, 1987). 29 scholarly essays by experts. Williams, Benjamin Buford.
Alabama (/ ˌ æ l ə ˈ b æ m ə / ⓘ AL-ə-BAM-ə) [8] is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west.