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This little known flag was used during the first half of the war. Not to many people know about this one. Navel Jacks are flown on ships while they are in port. |
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This is the most known flag of the Confederacy, this elongated flag was used as a naval jack during the second half of the war. It was adopted in 1948 as the symbol of Southern Democrats, the so-called "Dixiecrats." Long live Dixie |
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As more states joined the young Confederacy, stars continued to be added to the flag. This picture shows the final version of the flag after the last of the 13 states joined the Confederacy.I think this was the flag used to drape over Gen. Robert E. Lee's casket with. |
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This flag was used to show where General Robert E. Lee's headquarters and camp is. |
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The blue flag with the circle of white told the yankees that they were facing the troops of General William J. Hardee. Because of the large number of Tennessee regiments in this corps the flag is sometimes referred to as the "Tennessee Moon" flag. This flag saw action in the battles in the west. |
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The battle flag of General Polk's Corps saw action from Shiloh through the final surrender of the Army of Tennessee. The red Saint George's cross is symbolic of the Episcopal church of which General Polk was the Bishop of Louisiana. |
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General Van Dorn adopted a red banner with stars and a crescent moon as the battle flag for his command. In 1861 the command operated in Missouri and Arkansas but was transferred to Northern Mississippi. Van Dorn was relieved of command after the Battle of Corinth in 1862. |
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Louisiana Secession Flag
-The flag adopted by the delegates to Louisiana's secession convention in January of 1861 represented Louisiana's historical roots. The colors red, white and blue were symbolic of France, red and gold the colors of Spain and the thirteen stripes stood for the United States |
South Carolina Flags of the Confederacy
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April 14, 1861, victorious Confederates occupy Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor after driving off Union troops. Private John S. Byrd, Jr. of South Carolina's Palmetto Guard places this flag on the fort's wall facing Charleston. |
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Big Red; was carried by the men of The Citadel when firing the war's first shots at the Federal ship Star of the West months before the attack on Ft. Sumter and remains her flag today. |
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When South Carolina seceded, this flag flew over the customs house in Charleston and then in various cities around the state as a symbol of secession itself. The crescent, a South Carolina symbol since revolutionary times, is upside down which is said to be a sign of distress. The star is said to symbolize Southern unity. |
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