A civil war is simply a protracted clash between two populations from a single country. They have been taking place since Roman times (100 BC to AD 400) and they go on today, the Middle East being but one example. The one that most people think of is the War Between the States, that began in America in 1861 and went on until 1865. The union flag civil war, representing the North, had different versions of the same basic design, whereas the confederacy flew a series of three different flags.
The northern states, the Union, were composed of 20 free states in the north, midwest and west coast of America. There were four slave states on the north-south border that did not secede with the others in the south. These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. A fifth slave state, West Virginia, deserted the Confederacy and rejoined the Union and became a free state.
Eleven slave states in the south seceded from the Union. These were Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
The first flag of the Confederacy, the 'Stars and Bars', was designed by an artist in Alabama named Nicola Marschall, who also designed the uniform of the confederate army. The flag was raised for the first time in March, 1961. Just six weeks later, the confederate army fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, a U. S. Military installation.
The Stars and Bars had a blue field in the top left corner bearing a star for each state in the confederacy at any given time. There were for separate versions of this design. It started with seven stars, with an additional two, four and finally six stars.
The second flag of the southern states was called the 'Stainless Banner, so named owing to its large, white field. A red square with two diagonal blue stripes containing white, five-sided stars, occupied the upper left corner. This was frowned upon by several military officers because of the prospect of its being misunderstood to represent a white flag of surrender. This flag was replaced by the 'Blood Stained Banner.'
To appease the military dissenters, who had a justifiable complaint, the Blood Stained Banner was born. This flag, designed by Major Arthur L. Rogers, had a broad, red, vertical stripe on its outer edge, assuring that it could never be confused with a white surrender flag. The confederate navy adopted the red square as its own ensign while a rectangular version was used by the army.
By comparison, the union flag civil war had a more sedate evolution. The initial version bore 33 stars on a blue field in the upper left corner. There were 13 white and red stripes representing each of the 13 original colonies. The flag carried 33 stars because President Lincoln did not consider the secession of the southern states to be legitimate. There were two subsequent versions of the union flag, with different numbers and arrangements of stars as new states were added.
The northern states, the Union, were composed of 20 free states in the north, midwest and west coast of America. There were four slave states on the north-south border that did not secede with the others in the south. These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. A fifth slave state, West Virginia, deserted the Confederacy and rejoined the Union and became a free state.
Eleven slave states in the south seceded from the Union. These were Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
The first flag of the Confederacy, the 'Stars and Bars', was designed by an artist in Alabama named Nicola Marschall, who also designed the uniform of the confederate army. The flag was raised for the first time in March, 1961. Just six weeks later, the confederate army fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, a U. S. Military installation.
The Stars and Bars had a blue field in the top left corner bearing a star for each state in the confederacy at any given time. There were for separate versions of this design. It started with seven stars, with an additional two, four and finally six stars.
The second flag of the southern states was called the 'Stainless Banner, so named owing to its large, white field. A red square with two diagonal blue stripes containing white, five-sided stars, occupied the upper left corner. This was frowned upon by several military officers because of the prospect of its being misunderstood to represent a white flag of surrender. This flag was replaced by the 'Blood Stained Banner.'
To appease the military dissenters, who had a justifiable complaint, the Blood Stained Banner was born. This flag, designed by Major Arthur L. Rogers, had a broad, red, vertical stripe on its outer edge, assuring that it could never be confused with a white surrender flag. The confederate navy adopted the red square as its own ensign while a rectangular version was used by the army.
By comparison, the union flag civil war had a more sedate evolution. The initial version bore 33 stars on a blue field in the upper left corner. There were 13 white and red stripes representing each of the 13 original colonies. The flag carried 33 stars because President Lincoln did not consider the secession of the southern states to be legitimate. There were two subsequent versions of the union flag, with different numbers and arrangements of stars as new states were added.
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