Flags of the Confederacy
First Official Confederate Flag
The first official flag of the Confederacy was used by the South from March 4, 1861 to May 1, 1863. This flag was also called the "Stars and Bars". This flag was designed by a Prussian artist named Nicola Marschall and was based off the Austrian flag. At the time there were only seven states in the Confederacy: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana. Later this flag will have 13 stars.
Confederate Battle Flag
The Confederate Battle Flag was originally designed to be the flag of the Confederacy by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina. It was rejected by the Confederate Congress but was adopted by the Confederate Army. The reason the for this was because in the beginning of the war, each Confederate company, or unit of men, had their own flag. In battle, Union and Confederate generals could not tell who were the enemy and who was their own men. To solve this, the CSA adopted the Confederate Battle Flag
Second Official Confederate Flag.
The second Confederate flag was adopted by the Confederacy on May 23, until March 4, 1865. This flag was also known as the "the stainless banner" because the flag has a white and stainless "field." In the top left corner there is the Confederate battle flag. Since most of the flag was the color white, the flag was mistaken for a white flag, which means surrender in wartime.
Third Official Confederate Flag
The third Confederate flag, "the Blood Stained Banner," was adopted on March 4, 1865 right before the fall of the Confederacy on April 9, 1865. The only difference between the second and third flag of the Confederacy is a vertical red stripe. This stripe was added by Major Arthur L Rogers because the pure white "field" on the second flag looked like a flag of truces or surrender.
The first official flag of the Confederacy was used by the South from March 4, 1861 to May 1, 1863. This flag was also called the "Stars and Bars". This flag was designed by a Prussian artist named Nicola Marschall and was based off the Austrian flag. At the time there were only seven states in the Confederacy: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana. Later this flag will have 13 stars.
Confederate Battle Flag
The Confederate Battle Flag was originally designed to be the flag of the Confederacy by William Porcher Miles of South Carolina. It was rejected by the Confederate Congress but was adopted by the Confederate Army. The reason the for this was because in the beginning of the war, each Confederate company, or unit of men, had their own flag. In battle, Union and Confederate generals could not tell who were the enemy and who was their own men. To solve this, the CSA adopted the Confederate Battle Flag
Second Official Confederate Flag.
The second Confederate flag was adopted by the Confederacy on May 23, until March 4, 1865. This flag was also known as the "the stainless banner" because the flag has a white and stainless "field." In the top left corner there is the Confederate battle flag. Since most of the flag was the color white, the flag was mistaken for a white flag, which means surrender in wartime.
Third Official Confederate Flag
The third Confederate flag, "the Blood Stained Banner," was adopted on March 4, 1865 right before the fall of the Confederacy on April 9, 1865. The only difference between the second and third flag of the Confederacy is a vertical red stripe. This stripe was added by Major Arthur L Rogers because the pure white "field" on the second flag looked like a flag of truces or surrender.