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The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained Banner", used in 1865 shortly before the Confederacy 's dissolution.
Civil War buffs know that 'the Confederate flag' waved today was never the Confederate States of America's official flag. Rather, it was the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, the Confederacy adopted three official flags.
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when South Carolina's militia attacked Fort Sumter. Four slave states of the Upper South—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina—then seceded and joined the Confederacy.
Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were " Hispanic Americans " — in other words citizens of the United States .
29 lip 2015 · The flag was used by the "Carlistas" (National side), during the 1936-1939 Civil War. At the moment it resides in the "Carlista" museum (Tabar, Navarra). Two bullet holes are visible in the flag, one above the first "P" and the other 10 cm below the third "E."
FLAGS AND SYMBOLS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. In part eight we briefly examine the origins and background of Confederate flags and symbols, particularly the most often misunderstood, maligned and frequently abused by non-heritage causes, the “Southern Cross” which was found on many battle flags.
23 cze 2015 · Renee Montagne talks to historian John Coski of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va., about the history of the Confederate battle flag, and why it symbolizes so many different things.
