Though never having historically represented the Confederate States of America as a country, nor having been officially recognized as one of its national flags, the Battle Flag of the Army of Tennessee and its variants are now flag types commonly referred to as the "Confederate flag".

Jan 9, 2018 · The implicit link between soldiers and the nation that their service supported became explicit in May 1863 when the Confederate Congress approved a new national flag featuring the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) battle flag.

Jun 21, 2015 · Following the massacre in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday in which a gunman shot and killed nine people attending bible study at a historic black church, the Confederate battle flag —...

Jan 16, 2025 · In November 1861 the first Confederate Battle Flags were issued. Although variations of the Battle Flag pattern were numerous and widespread, the most common design, known as the “Southern Cross,” featured a blue saltire (diagonal cross), trimmed with white, with 13 white stars—representing the 11 states of the Confederacy plus Missouri ...

Jun 11, 2020 · On May 1, 1863, the Confederacy adopted a flag—known colloquially as the Stainless Banner—featuring the ANV battle flag emblazoned on a white field. For the remainder of the Confederacy’s life, the soldiers’ flag was also, in effect, the national flag.

Jun 25, 2015 · The rectangular version of the Southern Cross, which is most often seen today and taken as a symbol of the South, is actually the Navy Jack, the battle flag of the Confederate Navy from 1863 to...

Jun 24, 2015 · So politician William Porcher Miles came up with the design we know today – the battle flag: a blue St. Andrew’s Cross with white stars on a red field. The Confederacy took the battle flag...

The Confederate Army never had an official battle flag. Instead, each army or corps had a designated flag. In 1863, the Army of the Mississippi (Army of Tennessee) had at least eight different designs used at one time.

Aug 26, 2024 · In the mid-twentieth century, the battle flag simultaneously became ubiquitous in American culture while, partly through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan, becoming increasingly tied to racial violence and intimidation.

Dec 28, 2019 · Southern national and state flags identified political entities inside a confederative government. They also made for a rainbow-like profusion of colors, as well as widespread chaos, on a...