Confederate Flag

Throughout history of the Confederate States of America there were several different Confederate flags. These flags were in use during the existence of the Confederation from 1861 to 1865. After the Civil war, some of the Confederate flags and variations of the flag are sometimes still used and much controversy has arisen about those flags. The state flag of Mississippi and Georgia have a design that is very much like the design of the Confederate flag designs and other flags such as Alabama’s, Arkansas’s and Florida’s show certain elements from the confederate flags. The first national flag of the Confederacy was called “the Stars and Bars” and was in use from 1861 to 1863. It had horizontal stripes with two red and white stripes in the center and a union in the upper left corner. The union had a blue background and displayed 13 stars arranged in a circle. The flag was designed by Nicola Marshall, a German-Prussian. This first confederate battle flag caused a lot of confusion on the battlefield since it was very similar to the US flag at that time. The second national flag was called “the Stainless Banner” and this was for the reason of an almost white flag. The field of the flag was a pure white red union that is superimposed with a diagonal cross and thirteen stars across the cross. The problem with the flag was especially on sea that it looked in wind and in general to close to the flag of truce.

The third flag in Confederacy history tried to solve the problem by adding a wide red stripe vertically to the outermost end of the flags fly and used the rest of the design from the second flag.

What nowadays is often called Confederate flag or Confederate Battle flag is a newer combination of the battle flag colors with the second navy jack design. Despite the fact that this flag has never officially represented the CSA and the confederate nation it is widely known symbol of the Southern states. It is often times also called the rebel flag or Dixie flag. It is often also wrongly referred to as “Stars and Bars” which has a totally different design. TO view rebel flags you can visit many museums in the United States, especially in the south. And if you are a real fan, you can even get rebel flag tattoos. But it is not recommended to openly display a rebel flag tattoo all over the US. Lots of people in the US feel offended by confederate flag tattoos and a person openly displaying such a confederate flag tattoo can easily get in big trouble. If in deed you have the need to display your affiliations, then why not try it more discrete with let’s say a rebel flag background on your home PC or to reach a few more people rebel flag MySpace layouts. If Computers are not your thing wallpapers of a rebel flag and even rebel flag bikinis are available for sale. Though I have to say, Confederate flag wallpaper can be somewhat overwhelming, having bold red, white and blue all over a room.