Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-01-05
THE STARS AND BARS.
A scRAp-Book or DESIGNS foa
CONFEDERATE FLAG
A General Disposition Manifested 10 cling
to . Modification ~ the OH star.
and stripe. Desixa ef an.
Datils.fisg.

lTrant q CAu-uisr In upplaoo,ts MAEAslne.i
Prior b. March ;. 1901, the seeding states
bal M national rag. The day fr~iient
Lincoln was lnau guratei at Washing.
ton tho soathern congrrss aioptsl
tho star anil bar, ani on that
day Il was flr.i fiung ~ the brrer, from ths
state hou.a az Montgomery. frior - this
the state fAgs hal l.cn "a II ly The several
ssc~iing statol Tho fir; nAg rais,i In the
Confelsracy l. IN the nay collection - tho
var Department a. Washington II ha
Talme,to fAg. AMI u i ,ah 90 have wav~i
over Charls~toa In 1871 4 Tal.
mstio trve Of eight branehe, l. sewei uTsn
H. center. and IL has elsvcn rsd stars sur.
roundlnx u. with rising rci moon At tho
top
On Feb 4. isci. the -ec-sion convention
"a South Carolina, Missisippi. Alabama,
Louisiana. OoorgiA. AMI Tioriia met In the
oli STATE hou.s at Montgomery. Ala. AMI
pruoesied b. organize The Southern Confei'
sncy jefferson Davis was elected prcsi-
dent AMI Alesanier stephens vioe presiien,.
AMI tie ounvention adopted y constitution
AMI cho-s ths Confeierais iag. When max
inf their ssisction they received design. AMI
istisrs from all part. q ihs souih. AMI ihe,s
ara now hhiien away In an oli scap-book.
among The C0nfe,israis archives In The var
ispartmsni At Washington
IL hA raggci volume. elghtsen inches
long. tSolye inchos vile, AMI four inches
thick lis Iapsr. originally white. i now a
fa,isi Tink H. covcrs Ar worn. AMI ia
ourners are dog .car-L In u ars pastel ID
designs for Coafsisrats fag. which surl
prc..n,~i 10 The MONTGOMERY cpnvention.
AMI by ihslr siie. % on m, opposite pages.
Aro the numorou, lstters which ac,ompa'
nlei tlssm Soms q the-s isitsrs arc al.
drc.-.i to Jeferson Davis. SIMS % Alet.
snisr H. Stephens. s,ms d Iol-rt Toomh-,
AMI great nun,i.sr D. Rolsrt forchsr
Mlies wbo was tho chairman q ths CON-
miitse on nAgN
Ths designs ars % AL slrsS shapes. AMI
color. Slnle - them. especially tho-s s'ni
By lAiiss Ars q sllk. ths different colori
neatly -ew,si. -Dms arr q bunting. rulely
fAint.si. Ani large numbar ara male up
q tl.cas u different col0r,-i Tastabuari 90
rAlssr togs;her int ths design desircL
nlsrs l. little originality stown In tbs de-
vlc..< Most q than arr combinailons az
ths colurs anil form q thu stars AMI strips
whis not fsw Aru molslsi after tbs hags
q other nAtions nov Ia usA In ds-
sign NJ al. for insiAncr. sent to Jcifer~on
Davis frum Coresvllle. Ala. ths very coiors
-swcar AZ each other Tho dsvicc Il two
feet ~ thrv. In sire. with oDs half q thu
gru.Ini llus anil The oticr half dirty
yellow. On this broal blne half which l.
nearest tLs Tole. blg blacI eye Il painted,
looking toward the yeli0w. AMI arOuni TIA.
In tls .hAg., ~ crr-ccni ~hich fac,' The
froni q ths hAg. arr seven white starr
Prom the eye eight bright siriIs' raiiats.
running cut q tie blus and losing them.
selves la tn yeliow
-Four designs dlrrctsi to lion ltobsrt
Tcomt- rpre-snt . Ihosnit a. rising from
tho Ashss. Ialntsl ugon vtits iieli, with
blriers % ri AMI hlua uns q ihs largest
designs has fitesn Arge strips u alternate
white AMI rci II has blue uaion, fruFa ths
upf.r corner n which. almo-t rsiing against
tio siAf, looks ogt great sye, below which
l. talnts.i rs.i hani grAsplng wrcath -
.,r,sn The most tcautifal designs are tho-e
ssut by womsn on- dsyios scnt ~ the Ia
iIss q Charlsitln was mall, 4 ri, vhits.
aal blue pat togothsr with many deli.
cate suieheS Il Is eishieen inehs.
LOG. AMI consists q tso series ~
thrrs siripcs q ri. white AMI rsi aboys
aBi below a broAi stTips % huc, upon
which arr -sw~i seven ~hlis stars Nh ~
tho siars rprrvssntci the states then In con-
ysntlon. thu svenlh. TsKAs. which was
Ai.Jut o. socei0 Prom the designs AMI ths
lettsrs IL can Ia -ssn how general wai tbs
ieare throughout the souih % retain all
that wAs t.-Sibls % The oil nag
90 the long reTort % the COMMITTEES ga
flag, March 5 i-jl. fully onS-half l. given
up b. an explanation Why more u tho stars
AMI striI.s coaI not ls emboiiei In The
naz Irv.snisi. Tho rcport tlsen states that
the COMMITTEES humbly think tho following
ds-lxn oombinss the ahove requisites And
they submit 10 n -tbe hAg of the Confci.
erais State, q Amsrics' II shall consist
u r.i nsl. with whits spaos extending
horn ntAlly through The ceatsr and equal
In width d One.thlni the With u the tiAg.
tho rvl spaces Above aBi bol0w ~ D. the
same with a. tho whit Tho union tlue.
s1tsniing down thrOugh the white sTacc
stopping at the lower rsi space Ia tho ocn-
ter q the union a circls u white starr or
rstnnilng In number with the states % TIE
conieiency THIS rvport was a. 1,ssi. and
the aboye design became known The stars
AMI bars
Ths stars anil Tar. were, however. fail.
uro As Hattie fAg. It, similarity to the
stArs AMI stripes mat IL useless AMI this
was PAINFULLY aVfarpnt az the hattie of buil
Ilun' whsro tho cOlOrs u the two armies
couli not =, distinguishsi from each other.
After the battle writes Gen lisauregari,
-it was fOuni that many persons in both
armlss firmly believed that each siie had
u--i a. q siratsgcm the hAgsOf bis opIsonsnt.
ami ten Jo-sph Johnston AMI myself de.
cidsl 10 ADOPT hattls nag Tor our loros~
Ds.ixus wers Askei Cor, AM oos
prs-sntei ~ Col jams IA Walton. u Lou
lsiana was chnsen. This design was origin
ally oblOng but Cen Johnston moliilei u
by making IL square. AMI. - moilfiei, ~ t.'-
oaIns the baiils.fAg q tho Confe,ieracy. 10
was In september. 1851. Aioptoi BY the
rebel army u the Potomac. AMI shortly
afisrwani. with slight Modification, W the
other armisa In 1865 the Confederate
stats adopted IL A. the union ~ ia new ma
tionAl ensign
This battle fAg hal roi neli. with two
vile blus bar. running diagonaily from ons
corner % the other. thus forming the ureek
cru~s On thess lars were whits
Or gold stars equal In number to the
states u the ConfsierAcy. Tbs design was
substantially The sAine A. TIE one In.sont"i
to tho MontgOmery convention by William
eho-en m 1. known az Tho Southern
Cruss,- AMI was ths only hag In general
US by the southern troops during tho var.
The Confederate congross. In adopting u n
the national flag In May, isd3 aiiei the
white fisli, that Il might ts of use upon the
sea. but, sluArr a. Il was this design was
such that II could no, 10 royer-ei a. sig'
nal OF distress. Tho white hsi, on trial,
was also found open to obtectionS IL made
The nay lIabIs to ls mistaken for a flag %
truca. AMI az distance II lacked much like
the Englhh white ensign To remedy thee
fault a bruad rel strip. was aiiei 70 the
eni % tho fag. ami this. the last national
nag of the Confsisracy, was adopted by the
ssna,s at Richmond IN February. iS6a