03. Confederate_National_Flag_since_Mar_4_1865. 02. Stainless Banner. Confederate Navy Jack 1863-Onward. First National Flag 11 Stars. First National Flag 9 Stars. Second National Flag Naval Ensign after May 26 1863. Third national flag as commonly manufactured, with a square canton. Bonnie Blue Flag. Van Dorn battle flag. Sovereignty or Secession Flag. The Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Contest for a Confederate National Flag - Chart. Confederate Flag. The proposed flag resembled the United States flag, but replaced the "stripes" with 3 "bars".
The flag had 7 stars, one for each state that was part of the confederacy at the time. This flag was dubbed the "Stars and Bars". The United States flag had been known as the "Stars and Stripes". This flag had replaced the stripes with bars, so it was logical to call it the "Stars and Bars". Note that today people often refer to the Confederate battle flag (pictured at the top of the page, on the left of the photograph) as the "Stars and Bars". Those who preferred a very different flag from that of the United States proposed several different flags, one of which resembled what would later become the Confederate battle flag.
The Flags of the Confederate States of America. The Bonnie Blue Flag On 9 January 1861, the Convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession.
With the announcement of the Ordinance, a large blue flag bearing a single white star was raised over the capitol building in Jackson. The Bonnie Blue Flag, which was destined to be the second most popular patriotic song in the Confederacy. 1st National Confederate Flag – Adoption of the “Stars & Bars” The original flag of the Confederate States of America, commonly known as the “STARS AND BARS”, was approved by the Congress of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States, and first hoisted over the capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama, on the afternoon of the 4th day of March, 1861. 2nd National Confederate Flag (1 May 1863 to 4 March 1865)
Confederate Flag History. There were several flags of the Confederate States of America used during its existence from 1861 to 1865.
Since the end of the American Civil War, personal and official use of Confederate flags, and of flags derived from these, has continued under some controversy. The first official flag of the Confederacy, called the "Stars and Bars," was flown from March 5, 1861, to May 26, 1863. The very first national flag of the Confederacy was designed by Prussian artist Nicola Marschall in Marion, Alabama.[1] The Stars and Bars flag was adopted March 4, 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama and raised over the dome of that first Confederate Capitol. Marschall also designed the Confederate uniform.[2] One of the first acts of the Provisional Confederate Congress was to create the Committee on the Flag and Seal, chaired by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina.
The nickname "stainless" referred to the pure white field. Museum of the Confederacy. Flags of the Civil War. Flags of the Confederate States of America. There were only three flag designs adopted, with later, minor variants made to those designs, that served as the official national flags of the Confederate States of America and used during its existence from 1861 to 1865.
Since the end of the American Civil War, personal and official use of Confederate flags, and of flags derived from these, has continued under some controversy. National flags[edit] First national flag (The Stars and Bars)[edit] Confederate 'Stars and Bars' Flag, captured by the Union Army at Columbia, South Carolina The first official national flag of the Confederacy, often called the "Stars and Bars", was flown from March 4, 1861 to May 1, 1863. One of the first acts of the Provisional Confederate Congress was to create the Committee on the Flag and Seal, chaired by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina. However, the flag received criticism on ideological grounds for its aesthetic resemblance to the U.S. flag.
Second national flag (The Stainless Banner)[edit] First National Flag (with 7 Stars) First National Flag (with 13 Stars)