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The 1879 flag was introduced by Georgia state senator Herman H. Perry and was adopted to memorialize Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. [9] Perry was a former colonel in the Confederate army during the war, and he presumably based the design on the First National Flag of the Confederacy, commonly known as the Stars and Bars. [9]
Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War.The state governor, Democrat Joseph E. Brown, wanted locally raised troops to be used only for the defense of Georgia, in defiance of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who wanted to deploy them on other battlefronts.
After the Georgia flag was changed in 2001, the city of Trenton, Georgia, has used a flag design nearly identical to the previous version with the battle flag. It is estimated that 500–544 flags were captured during the civil war by the Union .
On July 1, 2000, the flag was removed from atop the State House by two students (one white and one black) from The Citadel; [157] Civil War re-enactors then raised a Confederate battle flag on a 30-foot pole on the front lawn of the Capitol [157] next to a slightly taller monument honoring Confederate soldiers [158] who died during the Civil ...
Confederate flag flown, along with U.S. and Georgia flags. Eternal Flame of the Confederacy Monument (1939), a pre-Civil War gas streetlamp that was part of the Atlanta premiere of the film Gone with the Wind, now at the Atlanta History Center. Its plaque reads:
Co E, 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry battle flag Col. Thomas Woodward Mangham. The regiment was organized at Camp Bailey, near Fairburn, Georgia, in October 1861.Ten companies of volunteers met at the request of David Jackson Bailey, who had obtained permission from Governor Joseph E. Brown to form an infantry regiment for Confederate service.
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress Private R. Cecil Johnson of 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment Sketch of a soldier of the 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment by war artist Alfred Waud Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket. 1st (Regular) Infantry
The 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was composed of enlistees from the state of Georgia and served entirely in the Western Theater .