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The Flags of the Confederate States of America
This file contains bit mapped images of the flags of the Confederacy. They
are designed to be used as wallpaper on the OS/2 2.0 desktop.
Here is how to use them:
1. Verify that these files extracted correctly. The contents are:
README 7027 6-14-92 (U.S. Flag Day!)
1CSA256.BMP 52918 6-05-91
2CSA256.BMP 16718 7-22-91
3CSA256.BMP 52918 7-05-91
4CSA256.BMP 52918 7-05-91
5CSA256.BMP 52918 7-05-91
6CSA256.BMP 308278 7-22-91
7CSA256.BMP 308278 8-20-91
2. Copy the *.BMP files into the C:\OS2\BITMAP directory.
3. Pick one to use as wallpaper:
a. Go to the desktop and click on it with the right mouse button.
b. Using the left mouse button, click on the right arrow beside OPEN.
Then click on SETTINGS.
Then on the tab labelled BACKGROUND.
(This will open a new dialog window in the center of the desktop.)
c. In the section "Background type" click the button beside IMAGE.
In the section "Image" enter the name of a flag: 1CSA256.BMP
In the section "Display" click on the button beside DISPLAY
d. You may need to grab the title bar of the dialog box and slide it
away in order to see the flag. Do this by putting the mouse pointer
in the title bar labelled: OS/2 2.0 Desktop -- Settings.
Press and hold one of the mouse buttons and drag the dialog box
away from the center of the desktop.
e. Whistle "Dixie" or "The Bonnie Blue Flag" reverently as you see
the Stars and Bars.
f. Try another flag file until you find the one you like.
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Information about each of the flags
1CSA256.BMP
THE STARS AND BARS NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY
It is shown here with seven stars, for the first seven states
to secede:
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, and Texas.
In this form, the flag was adopted by Congress on March 4, 1861,
and first flown on that day. Six additional stars were added,
bringing the total to thirteen by December, 1861, as these
additional states seceded:
Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri,
and Kentucky.
This flag in remarkable ways resembles the original U.S. Stars
and Stripes; only the width and number of the stripes were changed.
2CSA256.BMP
THE BATTLE FLAG OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
The design for this flag was submitted by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
to Gen. Joseph Johnston when the army was known as The Confederate
Army of the Potomac. It is quite probably based on earlier
designs for a national flag by Rep. William Porcher Miles. In
his memoirs, Gen. Johnston states that his only change to the
design submitted by Gen. Beauregard was to change the proportions
of the battle flag from rectangular to square. It was retained
as the battle flag of the army after its designation was changed
to The Army of Northern Virginia and after command passed to
Gen. Robert E. Lee.
This flag became known as The Southern Cross.
The Only True Confederate Battle Flag was NEVER rectangular.
NEVER. Or so we say. When Gen. Johnston assumed command of
The Army of Tennessee on Dec. 18, 1864, the flags he had issued
were rectangular!
3CSA256.BMP
THE STAINLESS BANNER NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY
This beautiful flag was adopted as the national flag of the
Confederacy on May 1, 1863, and was retained until March 4,
1865. It is comprised of the Battle Flag as the canton set
on a pure white field. As the violence of the war intensified
and as sentimental Southern feelings for the old United States
Stars and Stripes hardened, a new flag was wanted that in no
way resembled it. The Stars and Bars could sometimes be
confused with the Stars and Stripes in the smoke of battle.
Sadly to us Southerners, one of the first uses made of this new
flag was to drape the coffin of Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He
died on May 10, 1863, eight days after the Confederate triumph
at Chancellorsville.
4CSA256.BMP
THE THIRD NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY
Some Naval officers suggested that in a calm and from a distance
the Stainless Banner could be mistaken for a flag of truce.
To prevent this impression the third national flag was adopted
on May 4, 1865. Major changes were made in the proportions of
the flag, but the most significant change was the addition of a
blood red vertical bar at the extreme end of the fly.
The proportions established by law change the Battle Flag canton
to slightly rectangular, but in practice most flags were made by
taking an old Stainless Banner, shortening the fly, and adding
the vertical bar. That is the flag shown here.
5CSA256.BMP
THE 1912 NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY
After the South won its War for Southern Independence, the state
of Maryland, which had been held in the Union by force with its
legislature imprisoned at Ft. McHenry, joined the Southern
Confederacy. Later, in 1907, the state of Oklahoma was admitted.
In 1912, the states of New Mexico and Arizona were admitted,
bringing the total to seventeen.
The bill adding the most recent two stars to the canton was
passed by Congress at the Confederate Capital of Washington, D.C.,
on May 4, 1912, Confederate Flag Day. This current Confederate
flag is shown here.
6CSA256.BMP
A COLLAGE OF THE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY
7CSA256.BMP
A COLLAGE OF THE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY (with labels)
These bit mapped representations of the flags of the Confederacy were
made by:
James F. Chumbley
5082 Gazania Drive
San Jose, CA 95111-3915
who challenges any Yankee son of a soldier in the Army of the Potomac,
which lost every battle except the last one, to see if he can make
bit mapped files of the flags of the Union as they were during the
War Between the States!
If you find this set of Confederate flags useful, a contribution of
$7,000,000,000 (seven billion dollars) to pay off the national debt
of the Confederacy would be appreciated.