Confederate flag
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1861
- Description
First official Confederate flag; ca. 1861; a) Blue union with 8 white cotton stars arranged in a circle around one larger star. Field consists of two red bars and one white bar.; b) Flag case with two metal closings, and gold letters painted on the front: "THE FIRST C.S.A. STARS AND BARS FLAG, FLOATED IN VIRGINIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR./ Made in Wash. D.C. early in Spring of 1861 by "secesh" young ladies, and has always been considered the first ...
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Information forms (objects)
Information artifacts
Flags
Cases (containers)
Confederate States of America
Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil wars
Secession Movement - Location
- Washington (D.C.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (53.75 in)Width: (77 in)Wool (textile)Wood (plant material)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Confederate flag. 1861. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2159. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1861) Confederate flag. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2159
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2159>.