Confederate Flag

The Confederate Flag: de Facto Symbol of the Confederacy. Jones, 73, who runs a chain of Cooter's Place” outlets in the south that sell Dukes memorabilia including Confederate flag license plates , said the flag had a place in southern culture that had become detached from its history as a battle flag - and from the question of race and racism.
Some early integrated military units were those in the Confederate army whereas those in the Northern army were segregated until World War II (The first integrated units were those of the Continental army during the American war of Secession from England).



It continued to symbolize Confederate soldiers and heritage, but it also symbolized the South, segregation and outright racism, and (probably deriving from the Rebels” in the Civil War) a spirit of individual or collective rebellion and groups who projected a rebellious, individualist personae, such as bikers and truckers.
The following year, amidst dwindling demands for the return of the 1956 design ("Battle Flag" version) and lesser opposing demands for the continued use of the new "Barnes'" design, the Georgia General Assembly redesigned the flag yet again; it adopted a "compromise" design using the 13-star First National Flag of the Confederacy (the "Stars and Bars"), combined with a simplified version of Georgia's state seal placed within the circle of 13 stars on the flag's canton.
6. During World War II, displays of the Battle Flag became popular among military troops and units that hailed from Southern states The Navy cruiser USS Columbia flew the battle flag throughout combat in the South Pacific in honor of the ship's namesake, the capital city of South Carolina.

The Confederate flag we know today is the battle flag of the Confederate Army of the Potomac During the Civil War, this regiment wanted a battle flag that would be distinctive among other regimental flags, and would also be an alternative to the real Stars and Bars (the first national flag of the Confederacy).
3. Miles's original flag design had an upright cross but he changed it after Charles Moise, a self-described southerner of Jewish persuasion” objected that the symbol of a particular religion (i.e., Christianity) should not be made the symbol of the nation.
But, as Abram Ryan, the poet priest” of the Confederacy predicted in his 1865 poem, The Conquered Banner,” the flag continued - and continues still - to live in song and story.” There was a brief period during Reconstruction when the Federal government strongly, but apparently unofficially, discouraged the appearance of flags and other symbols of the rebellion.” But there is evidence of former Confederates breaking out unsurrendered flags for funereal or even quasi-military purposes by the early 1870s.

They were impoverished and struggling to survive, as in the portrayal of Scarlett 'Hara at the end of 1939's "Gone With the Wind." Now southern hatred was becoming even more intense, and whites were keen on taking vengeance, especially against blacks - and also nearly anyone white from the North.
A rectangular variant without fringe, common in modern reproductions (a similar flag was used during the war by the Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston ; a version with a lighter-blue saltire for the 13 white stars was used as the second naval jack ).
Besides selling the most popular Confederate flag design we also sell other designs of the flag such as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd versions of the Confederate flag. The United Daughters of the Confederacy promoted this as the official flag, as well The flag, being square, was often at odds with the demands of the public for rectangular flags like the ones used in Tennessee regiments.

The march, led by Riley, protested the flying of the confederate flag over the South Carolina statehouse. A bunting flag that exists, in the white and red configuration with 13 blue stars, is not believed to be Alabama associated, but tied to Rucker's Brigade.