The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-05
OUR BATTLE FLAGS.
-;'h Thns cc!c:e 9! the Lost GAUGE and
Their Origin.
AN IN 7 EREsTlNo STORY
May Bar Revision OF an
Ante. secassion Flag Which
sscamo tho Flag Of
Soush Carolina.

CnarleSton, S. W, Deoom5or ~, 1860, ono
day prior to tho passago Of tho ordinance
whereby South Carlina withdrew from the
Federal Union and dcclarod its Independence
The flag is o flag Of solid rcd5 with oresoent
and star, in white, quartored in tho uppor
loft hand oornor. Who designed tho ig is
not known TO this writer; number Of
Charleston ladies purchased the material,
made it on the pattern dos orlbod, aud ran IL
up on the tall staff Of tho Custom House, Its
dimonsione worc eight feet in lcngth and six
fect broad.
Later it became tho naval flag Of South
Carolina and continued such to the olose of
the war. Those made for tho navy were
forked OF the ond. Tho South Catolina priya-
teer Dixie, dying tho star and crosoont flag,
engaged tho United Gtates battle shin
Keystone Stato, and after torri6o fight. in
which tho-Keystone State suffered terribly,
tho Dixie was captured in sinking condition
Its cnlird crow boing dead or disabled from
wounds.
The critics objected to tho red n,g with
It's silver Quarterings, on the ground that
silver or whic on rcd was non -heraldio. 1t
was criticised ,aiso on tho ground that it was
almost identical with the Turkish dag.
Those and othor points of objection, whiIo
commanders, caused alterations to be made
in the original, after which the Legis-
laturo adopted tho remodellod pattern as tho
flag of the sovereignty Of the State of Sou h
Carolina.
CROSS or ST. GEORGE.
Tho revised South Carolina lag had The
GROSS OF 81. George in blue as lis uilief quar-
tering, tho cross emblazoned both on its up.
right and transverse, with whito stars COR
responding in number to the number of
States in tho Southern Confod oraoy. Another
alteration WAS that the small star in white
appearing on tho original flag near the ores
cont WAS substituted in tho dag of sover
cignty by white palmetto trco
Tho first national flag ofthe Southern Con
federaoy was adopted ut Montgomery, Ala,
March 4, 1861, and w As hoistcd to the sum.
nit Of tho staff Of tho Capital building in that
oiy, Miss L.. q. Tyler, daughter OF Ex-PfcBi-
dent Tyler, pulling the cord which sent the
stars and Bars gliding gloriously up tho oo
in tho presence ofa multitude who greeted
tho new flag with deafoning cheers.
The act of tho Confederate Congrcss in
session at Montgomery, Ala declares that
the flag o. tho Confederate States of America
shall consist Of rcd field, with q white
space extending horizontally through tho
the contre, and equal in width TO one. third
OF tho width Of the nag, tho red spaoe above
and below TO be the samo width as The white;
= canton Of blue extending downward
through tho Whito Bpaoe and stopping at tho
upper border Of lower red space. In the
centre of tho bluo canton stars correspond
ing in number TO tho nuu Der Of States In the
Southern Confederaoy must bo placed in O
oirole, the orcle indicative Of perpetuity.
its5i TIE FIRST FLAG.
The frat flag bore seven stars, that bsing
the number Of States in the Conf. deraoy NJ
tho time tho Stars and Bars became tho
Southern flag by enactment ut Montgomery,
Ala on tho date mentioned above Later
became customary to mako Aags with thir.
teen stare, one for each of the eleven seceding
tates, ono for MaIy yland and ono for Ken
lucky, and in aomo lnttances tho Stars and
Bars bore fourteen stars, the State of Mis-.
souri being included in the Southern constcl.
lation2
The Stars and Bars oeasod to be the legal
national flag on May !, 1868, IN ACT Of Con
gress passed on that date substituted another
flag hereafter to be described, but while the
Stars and Bars by The subsequent enactment
ocasod to be the flag Of the Confederate
states OF America, to the end Of tho war it
tioated on many forts and was carried by
many rogimont. Il is probable that when
Father Ryan wrote his immortal requiem of
the Lost Cause no had in mind the nag of
the Stars and Bars
The Beaurcgard Battle flag is The best
known omblcm of tho Lost Cause, and the
history OF its origin is exceedingly interest
ing II was designed jointly by Con. Pierre
Toutant Beauregard and Col William p.
Miles, of Gen. Beauregard's staff. In
heraldlo terms tho battle Tag consists of n
neid Of red snd quartsred therein broad.
blue saltier bordored and whitc, both bars of
the blue white borderod saltier to be en-
blazoned with fiye-pointed stars correspond
ing IN number TO tho numbor of States In tho
Southern Confederaoy
BALTIMORE GIRLS work.
After Going upon tho pattern and do
Sign German artist, serving on Con Beau
regards ataif, made picture Of tho baltic
hag, which Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston ap.
proved, and Immediately Misses Constance
ano jennie Carey, Two Baltimore bellos, so.
Journing IN Fairfax County, Va, organized a
sewing club and made q number of ,heso
fags, which were used in subsequent battles.
In ScptembeG 1861, the Confederate Con.
gross enacted bill authorizing tho design
uosoribed above as q battle flag of the South
ern Confcdoraoy, and suoh it continued nm.
til tho end Of hoslilities.
In an addres, before the Louisiana Division
OF the Army Of Northern Virginia, delivered
in December, 1877, Gen. Doaurogard de.
eoribed tho incidents loading to the adop.
tion OF the b!ttio flag, IN substance, 40 fol-
lows:
At4 O'clock in Tho afternoon; July 81,
1861, tho battle was raging on tho plains OF
Manassas ond reinforooments wero urgently
needed on both sides. Gen. AloDowoll was
casting anxious eyes towardo the Blue Ridge
Mountains, hoping to soc Patterson column
emerge from tho alat cloud which hung liks