What is now called the Confederate flag was never the official banner of the Confederate States of America, whose secession prompted the Civil War. It was actually a battle flag first used in 1861 ...

The Confederate states went through three official flags during the four-year Civil War, but none of them was the battle flag that’s at the center of the current controversy. The first was the ...

One product of this southernification is that you can now find rebel flags hanging in states like Michigan ... for a white Christian America that has Confederate overtones.” ...

forming the Confederate States of America. However, of the three flags the Confederacy would go on to adopt, none are the Confederate flag that is traditionally recognized today. The "Stars and ...

was technically never the official flag of the Confederate States of America. Tap to view if on News app. Popular YouTube video maker CGP Grey created the above educational video to explain ...

When rebels fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, they flew a blue banner with a single white star called the Bonnie Blue Flag. But as secession got underway, the Confederate States of America ...

"You mostly see it now in the backwoods areas in Southern states or on Confederate ... flag sales items from national park bookstores and gift shops. “We strive to tell the complete story of ...

The incident has once again confused many over the history of the Confederacy and its many flags. The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 8, 1861, by South Carolina, Mississippi ...

It also just happens to sit next to the former home of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. MATT WEBER: This museum is home to the world's largest collection of flags ...