To: Capriole
Whats the difference between the different confederate flags?
If you could post a link showing the different confederate flags, I'd really appreciate it.
35 posted on
02/07/2004 7:39:24 AM PST by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Sonny M; stainlessbanner
Sonny, I don't have a clue how to post pictures, let's ask Stainless to do it. Briefly, what is called "the Battleflag" and is the source of so much anger and division is the flag we all associate with the Confederacy--the diagonally-crossed bars bearing the seven white stars representing the seven states of the original Confederacy. However, the First National flag of the Confederacy was actually pretty similar to the US flag: a blue canton with stars on it for the states, and three horizontal bars, red and white and red. Trouble is, this flag was too easily confused with the US flag on the battlefield, with some unfortunate results. So there were subsequent modifications--the Stainless Banner, the Third National (which hardly got used), some folks used the Bonnie Blue (a blue flag with a single white star), etc.
36 posted on
02/07/2004 7:55:03 AM PST by
Capriole
(Foi vainquera)
To: Sonny M
Go here....tons of info for you!
http://www.confederateflags.org/
40 posted on
02/07/2004 8:33:50 AM PST by
PistolPaknMama
(pro gun Mother's Day 2004! www.2asisters.org)
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