It had been designed by General Simon B. Buckner and first issued to his troops in January of 1862, who were part of the Army of Central Kentucky based in Bowling Green. According to legend General Bowen's wife smuggled in their first battle flag of this pattern into the Vicksburg siege. Because of this, this design was also called the "Great Cross" Flag. This is a company battle flag for a company of Confederate infantry raised in Bath County, Virginia. His light calvary command participated in 27 major engagements and numerous smaller skirmishes. Some examples were also used as unit battle flags until the South surrendered on April 9th. This unit fought at most of the major battles of the Army of Tennessee including Corinth,

Armies were still marching and fighting close to each other. This famous action is depicted in the novels "The Killer Angels," and "Courage on Little Round Top", and subsequently became an important scene in the movie "Gettysburg.". Meet the 2nd Virginia Regiment, the Confederate unit who received and carried the flag described and pictured above. Each blog post will address a historically broad topic of military colors, introduce a historical Civil War flag, and summarize the history of the unit which carried that flag.

Company G – Shriver Grays, Wheeling, WVA, Daniel M. Shriver La mobilité de la brigade lors de la campagne (en particulier une marche de 92 kilomètres (57 miles) en 51 heures) lui fait donné l'oxymore de « cavalerie à pied de Jackson ». The units from Louisiana and Texas adopted the Bonnie Blue as their official banner of the Confederacy. On a sailing vessel, the jack is hoisted on the jack-staff (flag pole) on a military vessel's bow (front end) when at anchor or in port. Company G – Staunton Rifles, Staunton, VA, Adam W. Harman Company E – Greenbrier Rifles, Lewisburg, WVA, Robert Dennis At the Battle of First Manassas, the 1st Virginia Brigade got the nickname “Stonewall” for their steadiness under fire on the Henry House Hill. After Florida seceded from the Union in January 1861, a number of unofficial flags flew over the state. It remained our Flag for the next two years. from communities north of Staunton, such as Harrisonburg and Charlestown. Hunter He and his men ambushed Union patrols and supply convoys, seized the mail, and occasionally struck towns on either side of the Kansas-Missouri border. In reality, of all the types of Confederate flags, this First National Flag (and its different versions) saw more battle service than any other and was still in use at the end of the war. The same thing can be said about their flag. lives of both Paxton and Jackson.

Trained and first led by Thomas J. It was later celebrated in the popular song "The Bonnie Blue Flag" (see lyrics) which was sung by southern troops on their way to battle. General Elisha Paxton. Nationalities included Germans, Scotch-Irish, and Irish. Jackson had been picked to lead the First Virginia Brigade by Robert E. Lee, then an advisor to Jefferson Davis. Virginians ratified their convention's vote for secession from the Union. General Charles Winder took over the brigade, ably leading it through hard Au terme de la modernisation de l'armée américaine, la première brigade est maintenant la 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Davis" worked in black velvet letters. Coined in Latin as the Virginia state motto during the America War for Independence and placed on the imaginative seal depicting the goddess of Virtue crushing a Tyrant, the phrase translating “thus always to tyrants” illustrated the state’s value on the independent spirit.

Colonel and placed in command of the newly formed 7th Cavalry. In Encyclopedia Virginia. Assigned to General Patrick Cleburne's Division in late July, 1864, the brigade finally received their Cleburne/Hardee battle flags after Atlanta's fall, just prior to the Tennessee Campaign. Please note that the 2d Va. Inf. Jackson’s loss at Chancellorsville in May of 1863 devastated the men in his brigade and throughout the Confederacy. Les couleurs de la brigade porte les banderoles de batailles des actions de la brigade de Stonewall lors de la guerre de Sécession. The service requires full JavaScript support in order to view this website.

During the Red River campaign they fought in the Battle of Jenkins Ferry on April 30, 1864. Petersburg (1864–1865) and the Appomattox Campaign (1865). Shortly after muster, the regiment was incorporated into the 1st Virginia Brigade, under the command of Colonel (later General) Thomas J. Jackson. They did fight in the Culp’s Hill area on July 3, and held the left of the brigade line. Further research now shows that these flags were not just for the Orphan Brigade but, rather, were the battle flags of General John Breckinridge's whole division. Connexion. Company B – Virginia Hiberians, Alleghany Co. VA, Henry H. Robertson As part of McCown's Division they fought at Corinth, Vicksburg, Richmond, Jackson, Chickamauga, and Atlanta before surrendering at Citronelle, Alabama, on May 4, 1865. In actuality, there were multiple versions of this flag. The 54th Georgia Infantry Volunteers were first formed in May of 1862. Company I – Rockingham Confederates, Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co. VA, John R. Jones participated in stunning victories at Fredericksburg (1862) and Chancellorsville Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Later, several other Confederate battle flags from the Trans-Mississippi Department, also thought to be of Cuban manufacture, displayed the same color reversal. The original bright red background has faded to dull maroon, and the white Palmetto tree has discolored down to a brownish gold. surrendered, along with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia, at Appomattox It is now on a long term loan from the Iowa State Historical Society and being displayed at the Citadel and seen daily by the proud students. Pulaski. The first battle flag was made in September of 1861 by Hettie, Jennie, and Constance Cary of Richmond. The 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry was organized at the Chattahoochee Arsenal during March of 1861. When General Earl Van Dorn was assigned a Corps in the Army of the West in the trans-Mississippi theater, he personally designed this type flag for his command. This put an end to the battalion as a formal organization, but some of the Choctaws later became dismounted scouts in Spann's Battalion of Independent Scouts. orders to do so. The First Confederate Navy Jack consisted of a circle of seven 5-pointed white stars on a field of light blue. It's simple design of a blue field and a white center became known as Hardee's Battle Flag. Although never an official version of the United States flag, this very popular variant design was proudly displayed by many patriotic Americans. However, the real reason this flag was designed had nothing to do with the U.S. flag. Polk had seen how Confederate troops using the CSA First National Flag (the Stars and Bars) could, because of its similarity to the Stars and Stripes, become confused on the battlefield, and decided to design his own that would not be mistaken for an Union flag. The Fort Sumter flag is a good example of this practice. White, professor of Greek at Washington College and son of Stonewall Jackson's pastor, the Reverend William S. White. The 2nd was the only unit in the brigade to have a flag at the first major battle (First Bull Run / Manassas), so their flag was used by entire brigade. Johnson, le commandant de la division, est parmi les prisonniers tandis que Walker est grièvement blessé. The "Sons of Erin's" motto was "Go where Glory Waits You." Jackson est touché par trois balles, deux au bras gauche et une à la main droite. Thomas J. Jackson – wounded Chancellorsville, 1863, died Guinea Station, 1863, William Baylor – KIA Second Manassas, 1862, Franklin E. Paxton – KIA Chancellorsville, 1863, The Regiments of the Stonewall Brigade The crews transferred and in a brief ceremony at sea the Danish flag was hauled down and the Confederate ensign raised. Company A – Marion Rifles, Winchester, VA, John H.S. A version of this flag was also said to be used by the 3rd Mississippi Infantry as a regimental flag during the war. The red over blue colors designated General George Armstrong Custer's headquarters. Formerly, the Reserve Corps at Shiloh, it was the only command at the Battle of Shiloh without standardized battle flags and in May of 1862, the division adopted these flags and continued to use them into 1863. The Confederate Army of the Peninsula was under the command of Confederate General John Magruder in the early days of the American Civil War, and it was General Magruder who ordered this flag made for his command in April of 1862.

The 33-Star garrison flag that flew over Fort Sumter is sometimes called "the flag that started a war." Assigned to Colonel Robert R. Garland’s Texas Brigade at Fort Hindman (Arkansas Post), the battery was again captured with the rest of the garrison when Confederate forces surrendered on January 11, 1863.

Though paid for by a wealth man of the county, he didn’t want recognition for his deed and insisted that the ladies of the area present the flag to the unit.

Polk was the Bishop of Louisiana. Much like the flag of the United States the Confederate States added stars as they added states. The 3rd Regiment became mounted in 1864 and would serve in Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama. There are few references to the name "Hart’s Battery" during the last year of the war. This clever variant had five clusters of six stars each with the final four stars being centered on the top, sides and bottom. ou. The regiment only saw one actual battle during the war.

However, according to well-known Mississippi flag scholar (Vexillologist) Clay Moss, it was probably adopted after the war as the 3rd Mississippi United Confederate Veterans (UCV) Regimental flag. It is illustrated, in their landmark book "The Stars and the Stripes," on page 136 wherein they identified it as the 1861 proposal for a flag of the new Confederate States of America. So the legend states it was decided to design a new flag for the Confederate States that was in no way similar to the Union's Stars and Stripes. Chart of More Northern Regimental and Unit Flags, Chart of More Southern Regimental and Unit Flags, Chart of Irish Regiments and Units - Both North and South, Personal Guidons Chart of General George Armstrong Custer, Iowa State Historical Society Museum Collection, Chart of Irish Regiments and Units (Both North and South).

Missouri and Kentucky actually had two state governments: the elected governments which seceded and joined the Confederate States, and provisional governments created by the Union who actually held them. Company C was part of the South Carolina 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion, also called the "Siege Train Artillery Battalion" and the "Palmetto Guard," The 18th was organized in 1862 with three companies in Charleston, South Carolina. This flag was adopted, but never officially enacted. Major-General George Meade adopted this flag for the Army of the Potomac Headquarters. In 1864, they were moved to the lower Brazos and San Bernard rivers where they apparently spent their time occassionally firing at Union gunboats on the rivers. In the last year, there have been fierce debates about certain flags from the Civil War era; to re-hash those arguments and re-fight those battles is not the purpose of the June’s Historical Theme of the Month on Gazette665 – It first saw action at Ft. Donelson where some of Buckner's Division had been transferred. Six months later the Governor had the Secretary of State record the description of Florida's first official flag. This explains the many different star patterns. Company G – Botts Greys, Charlestown, WVA, Lawson Botts A similar red flag with a white palmetto tree and crescent has since been adopted as the unofficial flag of The Citadel Military Institute. The creator was a Major J.P. Gillis, who flew the flag on the 4th of July, 1861. President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) was the only President to serve under this flag as the Civil War raged.

Presidents Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) served under this flag. Although there were only 11 states in the Confederacy, there were stars added for Missouri and Kentucky because both sides claimed these states.