She was not the only Confederate Battle Flag, but She was the most known and used late in that great war. She is the most, hated, debated, misrepresented and beloved of all Confederate symbols. She has been tarnished by groups as the, naacp "by way of slander", kkk, aryan nation, skinheads, neo nazi, white supremacy clowns...Just to name a few. She was not a national flag, nor was She a politician's flag, and most defiantly not a flag of hate!..."She was a soldier's flag" a banner of courage, honour and a call to duty. She was a rallying point for battling warriors. Many died to keep Her safe and out of enemy hands, this Flag was stained with the blood of our Southron patriots. Last, and most important...SHE WAS AN AMERICAN FLAG!!
As Southron, we owe it to ourselves and noble ancestry to protect Her and hold Her in reverence. We must stand up to those that slander Her, for that slander is slander toward us and our past. We must never let our past be removed from our future...PoP, The Southern American
May God give us the courage to do what must be done to stop the hate of "Those People"
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The Confederate Battle Flag With The "St Andrews Cross"
"Under it we won our victories and its glory will never fade. It is enshrined in our hearts forever" 1st. Lady, Varina Howell Davis
DO YOU KNOW OUR FLAGS?
"The Stars and Bars"
It was used as the official flag of the Confederacy from March 1861 to May of 1863.
The pattern and colors of this flag, on the field of battle look much like the U.S. flag. This caused confusion on the field and did not distinguish it sharply from the Stars and Stripes of the Union. Consequently, considerable confusion was caused on the battlefield.
The seven stars represent the original Confederate States;
South Carolina (December 20, 1860)
Mississippi(January 9, 1861)
Florida (January 10,1861)
Alabama (January 11, 1861)
Georgia (January 19, 1861)
Louisiana (January 26, 1861)
Texas (February 1, 1861)
"Second National"
On May 1st,1863, a second design was adopted, placing the Battle Flag ("known As The Stainless Banner") as the canton on a white field. This flag was easily mistaken for a white flag of surrender especially when the air was calm and the flag hung limply. And was changed as next.
Efforts to secede failed in Kentucky, though represented by one of the stars.
The flag now had 13 stars, joined by five more states,
The third Official Flag of the Confederacy. On March 4th,1865, a short time before the collapse of the Confederacy, a third pattern was adapted; a broad bar of red was placed on the fly end of the white field. This "is" our current Flag.
"C.S. Naval Jack"
At sea from 1863 onward. This flag has become the generally recognized symbol of the South. It is mistaken by many as The Confederate Battle Flag. Also called "Stars & Bars"...Which it is not.
"The Battle Flag"
The best-known Confederate flag was " The St. Andrews Cross" Battle Flag. It was carried by Confederate troops in the field which were of the vast majority of forces under the confederacy late in the war.
"Bonnie Blue"
The first recorded use of the lone star flag dates to 1810. On September 11, 1810 a troop of West Florida dragoons set out for the provincial capitol at Baton Rouge under this flag. They were joined by other republican forces and captured Baton Rouge, imprisoned the Governor and on September 23, 1810 raised their Bonnie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge. Three days later the president of the West Florida Convention, signed a Declaration of Independence and the flag became the emblem of a new republic.
By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after President Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisiana Territory. With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1839.
On January 9, 1861 the convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession. With this announcement the Bonnie Blue flag was raised over the capitol building in Jackson.
Harry McCarthy was so inspired that he wrote a song entitled "The Bonnie Blue Flag" which became the second most popular patriotic song of the Confederacy.
The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in 1861.
The Confederate Flag!
1861
Written by Mrs. C. D. Elder, of New Orleans, LA Music
Composed and most respectfully Dedicated to His Excellency
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS, by SIG. G. GEORGE
1. Bright Banner of Freedom! with pride I unfold thee,
Fair flag of my country, with love I behold thee,
Gleaming above us in freshness and youth,
Emblem of Liberty, symbol of truth,
Emblem of Liberty, Symbol of truth, Symbol of truth.
CHORUS
For this flag of my country in triumph shall wave
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
For this flag of my country in triumph shall wave
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
2. All bright are the Stars that are beaming upon us,
And bold are the Bars that are gleaming above us,
The one shall increase in their number and light,
The other grow bolder in power and might,
The other grow bolder in power and might,
In power and might.
CHORUS
For this flag of my country in triumph shall wave
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
For this flag of my country in triumph shall wave
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
3. Those Bars of bright red show our firm resolution
To die, if need be, shielding thee from pollution;
For man in this hour, must give all he holds dear,
And woman her pray'rs and her words of high cheer,
And woman her pray'rs and her words of high cheer,
Her words of high cheer.
CHORUS
If they wish this fair banner in triumph must wave,
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
If they wish this fair banner in triumph must wave,
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
4 To the great God of Battle we look with reliance,
On our fierce Northern foe with contempt and defiance;
For the South shall smile on in her fragrance and bloom
When the North is fast sinking in silence and gloom,
When the North is fast sinking in silence and gloom,
In silence and gloom.
CHORUS
For this Flag of my country is triumph must wave,
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
For this Flag of my country is triumph must wave,
O're the Southerners' home and the Southerners' grave.
It doesn't seem much to stir a man's soul
just a moth eaten rag on a worm eaten pole
But 'tis the deeds that were done 'neath this moth eaten rag
when the pole was a staff and the rag ... was a flag
"I must not forget our old flag though torn & tattered & faded. In the three days of fighting, although about 18 inches was torn off the end & lost there is fifteen bullet holes through the flag & three through the staff & besides this a large rent made by a piece of a bomb. Three color bearers were shot down & the fourth now carries it. If I should live through the war I would want no brighter monument than this faded flag to decorate my parlor walls (Provided I ever have a parlor)." James C. Bates CSA
"The rank and file were chiefly farmers and small merchants, comparatively very few were owners of slaves; but they were all descended from ancestors whose fortunes and blood had been freely spent in the war of the revolution; they volunteered in obedience to the call of their state to resist invasion; they came with a firm determination to do their full duty." -
Capt. Wm. H. S. Burgwyn, 35th Regiment, North Carolina.
"Not one time did Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. put down the Confederate Flag. He wanted blacks and whites to sit and eat together. I asked Dr. Young, one of King's closest friends, what his feelings were about that flag. He said, Leave it alone. Let's do something about the things we can do something about, like our children selling drugs on the street. King could never have brought us all together the way he did--if he had put down the (Confederate) Flag." H.K Edgerton Patriot of Colour
In 1991 the naacp passed a resolution denouncing the Confederate flag as an
"ugly symbol of idiotic white supremacy" and "an odious blight upon the universe."
What is the history of our Confederate Flag, Christian influence of St. Andrews Cross?
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"To tar the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier as simple acts of racism, and reduce the battle flag under which he fought to nothing more than the symbol of a racist heritage, is one of the great blasphemies of our modern age."
