Failed Contestants for the First Confederate Flag
(February-March 1861)

 

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

This design by Mrs. Irene Riddle of Eutaw, Alabama, was sent by William T. Riddle, on 21 February 1861, to Stephen Fowler Hale, an Alabama’s delegate in the Provisional Congress of the
Confederate States. Its 15 stars express the optimism felt by many that all of the slave holding States
would eventually join the Confederacy.

Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr.

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 12 July 1998

Five of the eleven designs submitted by someone identifying himself only as “West”. The use of the crescent in several designs hint that “West” was from South Carolina. His other submission are in the section titled Modifications of the US flag.

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

The designer of this flag is identified only as Stewart. The date of its submission was 14 February 1861.

by Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. 25 February 2000

Modifications of the US flag

Elaborate Designs

 

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