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THE STARS AND BARS. First flag of the Confederate States, adopted by the Congress at Montgomery, Ala., and raised at the capitol, March 4, 1861. by the granddaughter of President John Tyler.
THE BATTLE FLAG. Designed by General Beauregard. to avoid the resemblance of the Stars and Bars to the Stars and Stripes; adopted after the battle of First Ma- nassas, and used thereafter in the armv.
THE NATIONAL FLAG. Adopted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, May 1 , 1868.
THE NATIONAL FLAG. Adopted by the Congress March 4, 1st ;:>, the red stripe being added to the National Flag of 1863, because the lat- ter, when furled, showi-d only white.
