The Changing Faces Of The Confederate And Union Flag Civil War
When two organized communities within the same country enter into armed conflict, this is known as a civil war. The earliest recorded were the Roman Civil Wars, which took place between 100 B. C. And A. D. 400. Today, civil wars are still happening, currently in the Middle East. The conflict that most of us associate with the term was the War Between the States, or the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. There were two sides in this conflict, the North and South. The Confederate, or southern, flag had three different designs over the course of the war. The union flag civil war had a much simpler evolution.
The northern states, the Union, were composed of 20 free states in the north, midwest and west coast of America. There were four slave states on the north-south border that did not secede with the others in the south. These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. A fifth slave state, West Virginia, deserted the Confederacy and rejoined the Union and became a free state.
Eleven slave states in the south seceded from the Union. These were Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
The first version of the confederate flag was the 'Stars and Bars.' It was designed by the same woman who designed the confederate uniform, an Alabama artist named Nicola Marschall. Hoisted for the first time in 1961, the Stars and Bars was flown in anger six weeks later when the southern army fired on Fort Sumter, a Union military installation, in the State of South Carolina.
There were three horizontal bands on the Stars and Bars, one white and two red. The left-hand top corner was occupied by a blue field with seven stars, one star for each state in the confederacy at the beginning of the war. This was eventually replaced with flags bearing 9, 11 and ultimately 13 stars.
The second flag of the southern states was called the 'Stainless Banner, so named owing to its large, white field. A red square with two diagonal blue stripes containing white, five-sided stars, occupied the upper left corner. This was frowned upon by several military officers because of the prospect of its being misunderstood to represent a white flag of surrender. This flag was replaced by the 'Blood Stained Banner.'
The design of the third flag of the confederacy, the Blood Stained Banner, was proposed by Major Arthur Rogers. This was similar to the Stainless Banner with the addition of a broad, red horizontal stripe along the outer short edge. This ensured that, even at rest, it could not be mistaken for a request for a truce. The confederate navy used the red square with the blue stripes and stars as it battle flag. A rectangular version of this was flown by the confederate navy.
By comparison, the union flag civil war had a more sedate evolution. The initial version bore 33 stars on a blue field in the upper left corner. There were 13 white and red stripes representing each of the 13 original colonies. The flag carried 33 stars because President Lincoln did not consider the secession of the southern states to be legitimate. There were two subsequent versions of the union flag, with different numbers and arrangements of stars as new states were added.
The northern states, the Union, were composed of 20 free states in the north, midwest and west coast of America. There were four slave states on the north-south border that did not secede with the others in the south. These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. A fifth slave state, West Virginia, deserted the Confederacy and rejoined the Union and became a free state.
Eleven slave states in the south seceded from the Union. These were Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
The first version of the confederate flag was the 'Stars and Bars.' It was designed by the same woman who designed the confederate uniform, an Alabama artist named Nicola Marschall. Hoisted for the first time in 1961, the Stars and Bars was flown in anger six weeks later when the southern army fired on Fort Sumter, a Union military installation, in the State of South Carolina.
There were three horizontal bands on the Stars and Bars, one white and two red. The left-hand top corner was occupied by a blue field with seven stars, one star for each state in the confederacy at the beginning of the war. This was eventually replaced with flags bearing 9, 11 and ultimately 13 stars.
The second flag of the southern states was called the 'Stainless Banner, so named owing to its large, white field. A red square with two diagonal blue stripes containing white, five-sided stars, occupied the upper left corner. This was frowned upon by several military officers because of the prospect of its being misunderstood to represent a white flag of surrender. This flag was replaced by the 'Blood Stained Banner.'
The design of the third flag of the confederacy, the Blood Stained Banner, was proposed by Major Arthur Rogers. This was similar to the Stainless Banner with the addition of a broad, red horizontal stripe along the outer short edge. This ensured that, even at rest, it could not be mistaken for a request for a truce. The confederate navy used the red square with the blue stripes and stars as it battle flag. A rectangular version of this was flown by the confederate navy.
By comparison, the union flag civil war had a more sedate evolution. The initial version bore 33 stars on a blue field in the upper left corner. There were 13 white and red stripes representing each of the 13 original colonies. The flag carried 33 stars because President Lincoln did not consider the secession of the southern states to be legitimate. There were two subsequent versions of the union flag, with different numbers and arrangements of stars as new states were added.
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