Flags
Bonnie Blue Flag

The first recorded use of the lone star flag dates to 1810. On September 11, 1810 a troop of West Florida dragoons set out for the provincial capitol at Baton Rouge under this flag. They were joined by other republican forces and captured Baton Rouge, imprisoned the Governor and on September 23, 1810 raised their Bonnie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge. Three days later the president of the West Florida Convention, signed a Declaration of Independence and the flag became the emblem of a new republic. By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after President Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisiana Territory. With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1839. On January 9, 1861 the convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession. With this announcement the Bonnie Blue flag was raised over the capitol building in Jackson. Harry McCarthy was so inspired that he wrote a song entitled "The Bonnie Blue Flag" which became the second most popular patriotic song of the Confederacy. The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in 1861.

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1st National Confederate Flag - 7 Star

This flag was adopted but never officially enacted. For twenty five days the Confederate States of America had no officially approved flag. In their haste to have a flag prepared for the flag raising ceremony on March 4, 1861, Congress neglected to formally enact a flag law. When this flag was first raised over the capitol building in Montgomery, it contained seven stars, representing the Confederate States.

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1st National Confederate Flag - 11 Star

By the third week of May 1861 two more stars were added to the 1st National flag representing Virginia and Arkansas. In July 1861 the addition of North Carolina and Tennessee increased the number to eleven.

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1st National Confederate Flag - 13 Star

The admission of Kentucky and Missouri in December brought the circle of stars to thirteen. During battle this flag was sometimes confused with the Union Stars and Stripes, therefore it was replaced by the 2nd National flag in 1863.

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2nd National Confederate Flag

Not more then a year after the adoption of the Stars and Bars the issue of designing a new flag for the Confederate States was raised with the intention to create a flag that was in no way similar to the Union's Stars and Stripes. Adopted on May 1, 1863 this flag displayed the Battle Flag in the canton on a field of pure white, giving it it's name the "Stainless Banner". The white field is symbolic for the purity of the Cause which it represented. One of the first uses for this flag was to drape the coffin of General Thomas J. Jackson. "Stonewall" Jackson died on May 10, 1863 from pneumonia he contracted in the treatment of his injuries received on May 2nd. On May 12, his body lay in state in the Confederate House of Representatives, by order of the President, the first new flag manufactured draped his coffin. This "Stainless Banner" is now on display in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond.

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3rd National Confederate Flag

Due to the fact that the 2nd National's pure white field could be mistaken for a flag of surrender, on March 4, 1865 this last flag of the Confederacy was adopted. This design added a red bar to the end of the "Stainless" flag. This flag flew for thirty six days in 1865 until the South surrendered on April 9th.

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CSA Navy Jack Battle Flag

The "Jack" was the flag of the Confederate Navy. It is a rectangular rather than square flag and omits the thin white border around the outside. This flag was used mainly by the Confederate Navy but also by some ground troops.

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Confederate Battle Flag

Confusion was caused by the commanders not being able to distinguish their troops from those of the enemy and adding to these difficulties was the fact that the "Stars and Bars" was so similar to the "Stars and Stripes" . General Beauregard was determined to remedy the flag problem, he attempted to have the Confederate flag changed but Congressman William Porcher Miles suggested that the army adopt its own distinctive battle flag, and recommended the design he had presented to the Congress as the Confederate Flag on March 4, 1861. This flag was agreed upon but it was recommended that it would be more convenient and lighter as well as less likely to be tore by bayonets or tree branches if made square. Other flags such as State regimental colors were used by the Confederacy on the battlefield, but the Battle Flag, although it was never officially recognized by the Confederate government, came to represent the Southern "cause" to most people. 100% Cotton.

Battle Flag available in the following:
CSA Infantry Battle Flag - 51" x 51" - $59.95
CSA Artillery Battle Flag - 38" x 38" - $49.95
CSA Cavalry Battle Flag - 32" x 32" - $39.95


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General Robert E. Lee Headquarters Flag

This flag flew over the headquarters of General Robert E. Lee.

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Terry's Texas Rangers Flag

This flag was carried by the famous Confederate Cavalry unit from Texas during the Civil War.

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Hardee Flag

This flag was carried by Major General Pat Cleburne's Division of the Army of Tennessee.

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Kentucky Orphan Brigade Flag

This flag was carried by the Orphan Brigade beginning in 1862. The 4,000-man 1st Kentucky Brigade was organized in the summer of 1861. Not recognized by their home state, which remained in the Union, the soldiers were forced to train in Tennessee. In February 1862, the Confederate army was forced out of Kentucky, and with it went the 1st Kentucky Brigade, never to return during the war. This forced exile gave the unit its nickname, "Orphan Brigade."

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Choctaw Braves Flag

Carried by the Choctaw Brigade of the Confederate Army. The smaller Choctaw contingent of the Confederate Army flew this distinct banner which features the native weapons of the Choctaw tribe.

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Cherokee Braves Flag

Cherokee Confederate troops, in the 1860's as part of the Indian cavalry carried battle flags adapted from the first Confederate Flag. It consists of the original Stars and Bars, with five red stars in the center of the white stars. These red stars represented the Five Civilized Tribes, who were aligned with the Confederacy. The center red star represented the Cherokee Nation.

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