Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-20
SIX FLAGS WERE USED
BY SOUTHERN STATES
Petersburg Man Gives Ac-
count Of Confederate
Colors.
"nATTLE FLAG" BEST KNOWN,
Last onrint National Emblem or
tonf~dcrnry Never Knew Hood
rhcrd or Conflict. ,ictury or De-
feat.

Six nagS were used by the Confoi-
crate states OF America a, various
times, starting with the Bonnie
Blue Flag" which Hew before scces.
sion Carter Il. Bishop. OF reters-.
burg. has written an interesting &c
coun; OF the nntional emblcms OF
Dixie. az follows
a. The Bonnie Blue Flag" blue
Ac!d with Il white star In the fcss
point, was the emblem OF secession.
II htly blazoncd tho doctrine Of state
sovereignty. The nag was displayed
and the song WAS sung To arouse
people To sense OF their reserved
rights as an ultimate resort. When
the stat" scc"dcd. the function Of
the nag ceased and il was no longer
seen.
'2. when South Carolina seeded.
she hoistcd over her custom hou.c a
red nag bearing the single star and,
crescent IN white, anu the ncX,
day vessel cleared from charles
ton dying this flag.
Raised Stnrs aud liars.
.. ON March 4. 1861. the Confcd-
crate Congress adopted the FIRST ma
| iIonal i!ag. the stars and Bars I.
consisted "f three horizontal bars of
equal width. the intermediate one
being whit" and the others red In
the upper corner OF the lun of the
Nag. Was union OF blue charged
with seven equal. white. pointed
stars arranged IN a circle. The uuior.
was square and extended down
through two of the bars II was or
dcrcd that each now state Joining
the Confcdcracy should he repre-
scented by an additional star In the
union. II was unturIcd over the
Confederate Congress in Montgomery.
Ala. as soon as adopted. by Il grand
daughter OF President John Tyler. Of
Virginia.
- In September, 1861, at Fair
fax Courthouse, Va. General Rcaurc-
gard designed tho Bate Flag
which was used till tho close of tho
war. II was square. with a rcd
field upon which WAS a blue snlticr
or St Andrews Cross. extending from
corner to corner charged with
thirteen equal. fvc-pointcd. white
stars. The cross was outlined with
"A hlict Of white and tho whole max
had a narrow border Of the same"
This WAS TIA. only nac known 10
tho body or the Confederate army,
though II was not Officially rccog-
nized until it became Incorporated
by Congress In the second national
flag.
New Flag Drapcd jackson.
30 ON May /. 1868. tho Coufedcrat.
Congress adopted the design for a
new flag, as the similarity between
tho stars and Bars and the United
states flag sometimes produced con-
fusion. This second national iiag
was pure white field with the Bat
tie Flag as union in tho upper
corner of the luf. The first nag
OF this design. as soon as made.
was sent by President Davis 10 en-
fold the body of Stonewall Jackson.
who had just died. on this accounts
1t was sometimes called '.Iackson's
Flag Its other name was The
Stainless Banner This was the only
Confederate flag that circtImnavi
gated the globe and sailed every
ocean. 1t was carried at the peak OF
the Shenandoah in the most mas
terly cruise that ever was known.
and was hauled down in Liverpool
on the morning of November 6, 1865.
six months after the war was over.
&C. On March 4, 1866. the Confed-
crate Congress again changed the
national flag. by putting broad red.
vertical band on the back of the
design last described. This was
done because the Stainless Banner.
when hanging limp might be mig
taken for ii flag Of truce. As Con-
Gress adjourned forever a few DAYS
later. this flag was never made nm
I'll its design was found in the rec
ords OF true and loving people as
they watched for the first violet
spring from the green sod on tho
grave OF their dead homes. II
never knew conflict nor bloodshed,
victory nor defeat. 1t is the en-
blem OF hallowcd memory, the
sovereignty OF nation that existed
only In The land where we were
drea ming"