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  • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
    • How Long After the Battle of First Manassas did the various battle flags replace the Stars and Bars – or did they ever entirely replace it?
    • Isn’t the Rectangular “battle flag” really the “Navy Jack”? Isn’t a battle flag supposed to be square?
    • Was there a cavalry size Army of Northern Virginia battle flag?
    • Were most of the flags made in the Confederacy sewn by hand or by sewing machine?
    • Why are there 13 stars on Confederate flags?
    • Why on some Southern Cross Battle Flags is the center or thirteenth star omitted?
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  • Home
  • Books
  • Confederate National Flags
    • “BRIDESMAIDS” Rejected Proposals for the Confederate Flag
      • “The Sun of Glory”
      • Failed Contestants for the First Confederate Flag (February-March 1861)
        • Elaborate Designs
        • Other Simple Designs
        • Proposals that Modified the flag of the United States
    • “FINAL EDITION” The Third Confederate National Flag
      • Photos and Images of Third Confederate National Flags
    • “STAINLESS BANNER” The Second Confederate National Flag
      • Photos and Images of Second Confederate National Flags
    • “STARS AND BARS” The First Confederate National Flag
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of 11 Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of 12 Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of 13 Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of 7 Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of 8, 9 and 10 Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of Lone Star versions of the first Confederate national flag.
      • “STARS AND BARS” Images of the first Confederate national flag with more than 13 stars.
  • Conservation of Historic Flags
  • Flags of the Confederate States Army
    • Battle Flags in the Trans-Mississippi Department
    • Battle Flags of the Army of Northern Virginia
      • First Bunting Issue
      • Second Bunting Issue
      • Seventh Bunting Issue
      • Silk Issue
      • Sixth Bunting Issue
      • Third Bunting Issue
    • Battle Flags of the Army of Tennessee, late 1863 to 1865
      • Photos and Images of Army of Tennessee Augusta Depot Battle Flags
    • Battle Flags of the Army of the Mississippi / Army of Tennessee, 1861 to late 1863
    • Battle Flags of the Army of the Peninsula
    • Battle Flags of the Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
    • Battle Flags of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
    • Secondary Flags of the Confederate States Army
  • Flags of the Confederate States Navy
    • Confederate States Navy Rank Flags
    • Confederate States Navy Regulations Involving Flags
    • Confederate States Navy Signal Flags
      • Confederate States Navy Signal Flags
      • Rogers Patent Signal Flags
      • United States Navy Signal Flags
    • Confederate States Revenue Service
    • Navy Ensigns, Pennants, and Jacks, 1861-1863
    • Navy Ensigns, Pennants, and Jacks, 1863-1865
  • Flags of the States
    • Flags of Alabama
    • Flags of Florida
    • Flags of Georgia
    • Flags of Louisiana
    • Flags of Mississippi
    • Flags of Missouri
    • Flags of North Carolina
    • Flags of South Carolina
    • Flags of Tennessee
    • Flags of Texas
    • Flags of Virginia
  • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
    • How Long After the Battle of First Manassas did the various battle flags replace the Stars and Bars – or did they ever entirely replace it?
    • Isn’t the Rectangular “battle flag” really the “Navy Jack”? Isn’t a battle flag supposed to be square?
    • Was there a cavalry size Army of Northern Virginia battle flag?
    • Were most of the flags made in the Confederacy sewn by hand or by sewing machine?
    • Why are there 13 stars on Confederate flags?
    • Why on some Southern Cross Battle Flags is the center or thirteenth star omitted?
  • SAVE THE COLOURS!
  • Secession Flags
    • The Bonnie Blue Flag

“STARS AND BARS” Images of the first Confederate national flag with more than 13 stars.

15 star flag of the 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Photo courtesy of Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee. 15 star flag of the 26th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Photo courtesy of Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee.

17 star flag taken from California secessionists on 4 July 1861.
17 star flag taken from California secessionists on 4 July 1861.
by Wayne J. Lovett

 

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