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The Flags of the Confederate States of America
Version 3

This file contains bit mapped images of the flags of the Confederacy.
They are designed to be used as wallpaper on the Windows 3.0/3.1 or
OS/2 2.x desktop.
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Instructions For Windows (r)

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.  Here is how
to use the files in Windows:

1.      Boot your computer but exit from Windows back to DOS.

2.      Change to your windows directory:
      C:
      CD   \WINDOWS

3.      Delete any old versions of the flags by typing in:
      DEL   ?CSA*.BMP

4.      Put the diskette into drive A:

5.      Copy the file FLAGS3.EXE to your Windows directory on your hard
    disk by typing in:
      COPY   A:FLAGS3.EXE   C:\WINDOWS

6.      Verify that you're still in your Windows directory:
      C:
      CD   \WINDOWS

7.      Run the program   FLAGS3.EXE   by typing in:
      FLAGS3
    This will run the file FLAGS3.EXE, which will extract all the
    files from their compressed form and put them into your
    Windows directory.


*       Verify that these files extracted correctly.  The contents are:

        README    REB
        README    DOC
        MAKE      BAT
        BUNTING1  BMP
        BUNTING2  BMP
        CSA0-W    BMP
        CSA0-L    BMP
        CSA0A-16  BMP
        CSA1-16   BMP
        CSA1-L    BMP
        CSA1-W    BMP
        CSA2-16   BMP
        CSA2-L    BMP
        CSA2-W    BMP
        CSA3-16   BMP
        CSA3-L    BMP
        CSA3-W    BMP
        CSA4-16   BMP
        CSA4-L    BMP
        CSA4-W    BMP
        CSA5-16   BMP
        CSA5-W    BMP
        CSA6-16   BMP
        CSA7-256  BMP
        MISS1-L   BMP
        MISS2-L   BMP
        SCV1-L    BMP
        SCV2-L    BMP
        FLAG      ICO
        OS2FLAG   ICO
        CSA0      PCX
        CSA1      PCX
        CSA2      PCX
        CSA3      PCX
        CSA4      PCX
        CSA5      PCX
        CSA0      RLE
        CSA1      RLE
        CSA2      RLE
        CSA3      RLE
        CSA4      RLE
        MISS1     RLE
        MISS2     RLE
        SCV       RLE

*       README.REB is this file.

*       README.DOC is the same file saved as a Word 2.0 For Windows
    file with full color presentations of each of the flags and
    the bunting.  Most other word processing packages can import
    this file format correctly.

*       MAKE.BAT is a small batch file that will make new Windows
    start-up files for you.  You can have a flag of the Confederacy
    be displayed instead of the Windows logo if you want to.  Full
    instructions are below.

*       The *.BMP files are bit-mapped files that you can use for Windows
    Wallpaper.

    -16     denotes a flag on a blue background saved in 16-color
        mode.
    -L      denotes a large version of the flag.
    -W      denotes a flag on a white background, suitable for
        printing in color.
    -256    is the large collage of flags saved in 256-color mode.

*       The FLAG.ICO file is a new icon file that displays The Southern
    Cross Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia.  You can use
    this as an icon to launch any program.  I use it for DOS.

*       The BUNTING1.BMP AND BUNTING2.BMP files are renderings of
    Confederate bunting (decorative fabric) for those times when you
    want to display a Confederate theme but not one of the flags.

*       The *.PCX files are similar to the bit-mapped files but some
    word-processing programs have an easier time importing this
    file format.

*       The *.RLE files are what the MAKE.BAT file uses to make new
    Windows start-up screens.
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Make A New Windows Start-up Screen

1.      Exit all the way out of Windows.

2.      Change to your Windows directory by typing in:
      C:
      CD   \WINDOWS

3.      Make a new Windows start-up screen by typing in, for example:
      MAKE   CSA1

4.      The batch file will run and then will tell you which other
    start-up screens you can make.  Repeat the step above for any
    other flags you want.

5.      Now start Windows by typing in:
      CSA1    (or any other flag you made)
    instead of WIN.
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Pick A Flag To Use As Windows Wallpaper

1.      Load Windows

2.      Click on  MAIN  to open the Main Program Group

3.      Click on  CONTROL PANEL

4.      Click on  DESKTOP

5.      In the settings for wallpaper, select one of the flags to use:
    Click on the DOWN ARROW in the NAME block to see the
    choices of wallpaper available to you.  For example, try
      CSA1-L.BMP
    Click the button  CENTER.
    Close the dialog boxes down.

6.      Whistle "Dixie" or "The Bonnie Blue Flag" reverently as you
    see the Stars and Bars.

7.      Try another flag file until you find the one you like best.
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Pick Some Bunting To Use As Windows Wallpaper

1.      Load Windows

2.      Click on  MAIN  to open the Main Program Group

3.      Click on  CONTROL PANEL

4.      Click on  DESKTOP

5.      In the settings for wallpaper, select some of the bunting to use:
    Click on the DOWN ARROW in the NAME block to see the
    choices of wallpaper available to you.  For example, try
      BUNTING1.BMP
    Click the button  TILE.
    Close the dialog boxes down.

6.      Be sure you select  TILE  so that the pattern will be repeated
    across your display and the stars will be fully formed.

7.      Try the other bunting file to see if you like it better.  The
    only difference is the rendering of the red background.  Some
    displays show reds as almost an orange.
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How To Use The Southern Cross Battle Flag Icon In Windows

1.      Load Windows

2.      Click on  MAIN  to open the Main Program Group

3.      Click once on the icon for MS-DOS to select it, but do not
    open or run it.

4.      From the menu bar at the top, Click on  FILE.

5.      From the submenu that drops down, Click on  PROPERTIES.

6.      In the buttons on the right, Click on  CHANGE ICON.

7.      In the top line "File Name", Type in
      C:\WINDOWS\FLAG.ICO.
    [Don't use the file OS2FLAG.ICO.  It doesn't work in Windows.]

8.      Click on  OK.

9.      Close the dialog boxes down.  The Southern Cross Battle Flag of The
    Army of Northern Virginia will be displayed as the icon for DOS.

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Installation Instructions for OS/2(r) 2.x

OS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.  In the opinion of the
author, it is the best operating system in the world for personal computers.
Here is how to use these files in OS/2.
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1.      WIN-OS/2 UNDER A FULL COPY OF OS/2

    To install these files for WIN-OS2 under full OS/2, follow the
    instructions in the preceding pages with one exception:  The
    drive and path where the files should be installed is the drive
    and path (directory) where the system installed WIN-OS2.  This
    is usually:
      C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2
    Otherwise, all the rest of the instructions given above for use
    under Windows are the same.

    OS/2 is truly "A better Windows than Windows!"
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2.      NATIVE WINDOWS UNDER A COPY OF OS/2 FOR WINDOWS

    To install these files for native Windows if you are running
    OS/2 For Windows, first complete your installation of OS/2
    For Windows.  Next, install your own copy of Windows to run
    under OS/2.  Last, follow the instructions on the preceding
    pages for using the files under Windows, except install the files
    into the same drive and path (directory) where you installed
    Windows.
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3.      OS/2 DEKSTOP

    To install these files for the OS/2 Desktop complete the
    following steps:

    a.  Open an OS/2 full-screen or windowed command line session.

    b.  Change to the drive containing the OS/2 directory, usually C:
          C:

    c.  Change to the OS/2 directory:
          CD    \OS2

    d.  I recommend creating a new subdirectory to contain the
        bitmapped files of the flags of the Confederacy, although
        you can pile them on top of the files already in the
        C:\OS2\BIPMAP subdirectory if you want to.  To create the
        new subdirectory:
          MD    FLAGS3
        The above few steps (b, c, and d) create the directory
          C:\OS2\FLAGS3

    e.  Put the diskette into drive A:

    f.  Copy the file FLAGS3.EXE to your FLAGS3 directory on your
        hard disk by typing in:
          COPY   A:FLAGS3.EXE   C:\OS2\FLAGS3

    g.  Verify that you're still in your FLAGS3 directory:
          C:
          CD   \OS2\FLAGS3

    h.  Run the program   FLAGS3.EXE   by typing in:
          FLAGS3
        This will run the file FLAGS3.EXE, which will extract all
        the files from their compressed form and put them into
        your FLAGS3 directory.

    i.  Verify that these files extracted correctly.  The contents are:
        README    REB
        README    DOC
        MAKE      BAT *
        BUNTING1  BMP
        BUNTING2  BMP
        CSA0-W    BMP
        CSA0-L    BMP
        CSA0A-16  BMP
        CSA1-16   BMP
        CSA1-L    BMP
        CSA1-W    BMP
        CSA2-16   BMP
        CSA2-L    BMP
        CSA2-W    BMP
        CSA3-16   BMP
        CSA3-L    BMP
        CSA3-W    BMP
        CSA4-16   BMP
        CSA4-L    BMP
        CSA4-W    BMP
        CSA5-16   BMP
        CSA5-W    BMP
        CSA6-16   BMP
        CSA7-256  BMP
        MISS1-L   BMP
        MISS2-L   BMP
        SCV1-L    BMP
        SCV2-L    BMP
        FLAG      ICO  *
        OS2FLAG   ICO
        CSA0      PCX
        CSA1      PCX
        CSA2      PCX
        CSA3      PCX
        CSA4      PCX
        CSA5      PCX
        CSA0      RLE  *
        CSA1      RLE  *
        CSA2      RLE  *
        CSA3      RLE  *
        CSA4      RLE  *
        MISS1     RLE  *
        MISS2     RLE  *
        SCV       RLE  *

    j.  If you want to, you can delete the files marked with an
        asterisk.  OS/2 does not use the FLAG.ICO, MAKE.BAT or
        the *.RLE files.

    k.  Preset a background color on the OS/2 desktop that you like:

        1)  Right-click anywhere on the empty part of the desktop to
          display the object's property dialog window.
        2)  Left-click on OPEN; SETTINGS; BACKGROUND
        3)  Left-click on the COLOR radio button
        4)  Left-click on the CHANGE COLOR button
        5)  Pull the crosshairs and slider around until you get the
          main background color you want.  I think the flags
          look best against a solid blue background.
        6)  Left-click on the little button just to the left of the
          "Edit Color" title on the active window to close it.
          Note that there is no "Save" option to be concerned
          about.  Closing the windows causes the options to
          be saved.


    l.  Select a flag or the bunting you want to use on the
        OS/2 desktop:

        1)  Left-click on the IMAGE radio button.
        2)  Select the flag or bunting file you want by
          left-clicking on FIND
        3)  A dialog window will appear.  In the section titled
          FOLDER, enter the name of the directory you want
          searched for the flag files.. Enter:

            C:\OS2\FLAGS3

        4)  In the section titled NAME, enter the kind of files you
          want to find:

            *.BMP

        5)  Left-click on the button  FIND.
          An icon for each of the flags will be displayed.
        6)  Select the one you want, and left-click on OK.  To start
          with, try  CSA3-L.BMP  (The Stainless Banner.)
        7)  For flags, left-click on  NORMAL IMAGE in the dialog
          window.
        For bunting, left-click on  TILED
        8)  Close down the dialog window by left-clicking on the
          little desk icon just to the left of the
          "Desktop-Settings" title.

    m.  To use the OS2FLAG.ICO Southern Cross Battle Flag Icon for
          OS/2
        1)  Right-click on the present icon for the object for
          which you want to have OS/2 display the Southern
          Cross Battle Flag Icon instead.  I changed the icon
          used for the OS/2 Full-Screen session.  You might
          want to change the icon used for, say, the printer
          or the shredder.
        2)  This will display the properties dialog window for that
          object.
        3)  Left-click on  OPEN;  SETTINGS;  GENERAL
        4)  Left-click on  FIND
        5)  A dialog window will appear.  In the section titled
          FOLDER, enter the name of the directory you want
          searched for the flag files. Enter:

              C:\OS2\FLAGS3

        4)  In the section titled NAME, enter the name of the OS/2
          icon you want to find:

              OS2FLAG.ICO

        [Don't use the file FLAG.ICO.  It doesn't work in OS/2.]

        5)  Left-click on the button  FIND.
          The Southern Cross Battle Flag icon will be displayed.
        6)  Be sure that it is selected by left-clicking on it, and
          then left-click on OK.
        7)  The Southern Cross Battle Flag of The Army of Northern
          Virginia will be displayed in the section labelled
          CURRENT ICON and also in miniature just to the left of
          the window title for the object whose icon you are
          changing.
        8)  Double left-click on the miniature icon just to the left
          of the window title for the object.
        9)  The object's properties dialog window will close and its
          icon will be replaced by The Southern Cross Battle Flag
          of The Army of Northern Virginia.
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Information About Each Of The Flags


CSA0-W.BMP
CSA0-L.BMP
CSA0A-16.BMP

    THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG

    Although accurately known as the banner that inspired Harry
    McCarthy to write his famous song, "The Bonnie Blue Flag,"
    it is less well known that this flag had served before as
    the flag of the Republic of West Florida in 1810, the Republic
    of Texas, 1836-39, and the Republic of Mississippi in 1861.
    It still flies today as the canton of the Lone Star Flag of
    the State of Texas.


CSA1-16.BMP
CSA1-L.BMP
CSA1-W.BMP

    THE STARS AND BARS
    FIRST 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.


CSA2-16.BMP
CSA2-L.BMP
CSA2-W.BMP

    THE SOUTHERN CROSS
    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!


CSA3-16.BMP
CSA3-L.BMP
CSA3-W.BMP

    THE STAINLESS BANNER
    SECOND 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.

    Regulation design for the flag has its length twice its width,
    but in practice, many were made in the aspect ratio of 3 X 5,
    which is depicted here.


CSA4-16.BMP
CSA4-L.BMP
CSA4-W.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
    March 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.


CSA5-16.BMP
CSA5-W.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 and in New York, 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.


CSA6-16.BMP

    A COLLAGE OF THE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY


CSA7-256.BMP

    A COLLAGE OF THE FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERACY
      (with labels)


MISS1-L.BMP
MISS2-L.BMP

    THE FLAG OF MISSISSIPPI


SCV1-L.BMP
SCV2-L.BMP

    THE EMBLEM OF THE
    SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS


BUNTING1.BMP
BUNTING2.BMP

    CONFEDERATE BUNTING


For much more detail on these flags plus the flags of each of the
Confederate States, please see The Flags Of The Confederacy, An
Illustrated History, by Devereaux D. Cannon, published in 1988 by:

    St. Lukes Press
    Suite 404
    Mid-Memphis Tower
    1407 Union            (UNION ???!!!???  Say it ain't so, Joe!)
    Memphis, TN  38104    CSA

    Devereaux was kind enough to sign my copy of this magnificent
    book at the 1992 Sons of Confederate Veterans National Convention.


    These bit mapped representations of the flags of the Confederacy
    were made in loving memory of:

        William Allen Chumbley
        Company C (The Pulaski Guards)
        The 4th Virginia
        The Stonewall Brigade
        The Army of Northern Virginia

    He was honored by the Congress and the President for gallantry
    at Chancellorsville and gave his right eye for the Confederate
    States of America.


    These flags of the Confederate States are made available for
    unlimited free distribution by the author, James F. Chumbley.
    If you feel compelled to make a small contribution, it will
    be gratefully accepted, and I will deposit it into the general
    fund of our Sons Of Confederate Veterans camp.  Please send it
    or any questions or recommendations you may have about changes
    or additions to these files to:

        THE STAINLESS BANNER CAMP, NO. 1440
        SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
        James F. Chumbley, Adjutant
        5082 Gazania Drive
        San Jose, CA  95111-3915

    An invitation to join our local Sons Of Confederate Veterans
    camp here in San Jose, CA, is printed on the following pages.
    If you are interested in joining, but do not live in the
    San Francisco Bay Area, please feel welcome to write to me,
    and I will forward your inquiry to our National General
    Headquarters in Columbia, TN.  We have thousands of members
    living throughout the United States and Europe.
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THE STAINLESS BANNER CAMP, NO. 1440
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS

            Invitation to Join

    Hello! and Welcome!  We are glad you are considering applying
for membership in our camp.  As stated in our by-laws, our object is:
    to associate in one united, compact body of men of Confederate
    ancestry and to cultivate, perpetuate, and sanctify the ties
    of fraternity and friendship entailed thereby; to aid and
    encourage the history and achievement from Jamestown to this
    present era, constantly endeavoring to see that the events
    of the War Between the States and the heroic contributions
    of the Confederate soldiers of Indian Territory are authentically
    and clearly written, and that all documents, relics, and
    mementos produced and handed down by those active participants
    therein are properly treasured and preserved for posterity; to
    aid and assist in the erection of suitable and enduring monuments
    and memorials to all Southern valor, civil and military, wherever
    done and wherever found; to instill into our descendants a
    devotion to and reverence for the principles represented by the
    Confederate States of America, to the honor, glory, and memory
    of our fathers who fought in that cause.

    The Preamble to our Constitution states:
    In the name of a reunited country, the Sons of Confederate
    Veterans declare the following purpose:  An unquestioned
    allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America
    largely written and expounded by Southern men and always
    clung to by Southern people as the very Magna Carta of our
    liberties; a strict construction of all sections conferring
    power upon the Federal Government, and the implied and
    understood reservations to the States arising therefrom,
    and a general attitude of opposition to further amendment
    thereof.

    We are an organization of heritage, not hate.  We oppose the
existence of and the actions of those organizations, such as the KKK
and supremacist groups, which attempt to prevent the free exercise
of constitutional rights and liberties by anyone.  They shame our
Stainless Banner and the other flags of the Confederacy.  We are proud
that our first Secretary of State was Jewish and that among the men
and women who served in the armies and the navy of the Confederate
States of America were descendants of Europeans, Africans, and
Native Americans.  These people all fought to prevent the invasion
of their states and territories by armed forces of the Federal
Government acting without constitutional authority.

    Within the Declaration of Independence is enshrined this thought:
    that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
    their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among
    these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
    That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted
    among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
    of the governed.  That whenever any Form of Government
    becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of
    the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute
    new Government . . . .

    We believe that this was the purpose of the formation of the
Confederate States of America.

    Our organization, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was formed in
1896 with the blessing of the United Confederate Veterans, their
fathers.  Because of their advancing age, the veterans realized that
if the truths about The Confederate States of America and their service
in the Confederate Armed Forces during the War Between The States
had any hope of being told, it would be their sons and descendants
who would have to tell it.  Untruths had already entered into the
school books in use by their grandchildren in Virginia and North
Carolina, and even in their old age the veterans expended all their
efforts to eliminate these misconceptions.
    Remember Dr. Hunter McGuire, Chief Medical Officer, II Corps,
    The Army of Northern Virginia.

    While it is true that history is written by the winners, that does
not make that history true.

    We seek to tell the honest truth about the Confederate States of
America and the men and women who fought, suffered, and died in that
cause.  Here are some of those truths.

*   The nation was formed not to perpetuate or to extend slavery but
    because in 1860 for the first time, a single, small section of
    the original United States had full control of the Presidency,
    the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and could implement
    any legislation it chose.  And did.  The political voice of the
    South was compelled to silence and the economic and political
    compromises of the previous eight decades were thrown away.
    Remember John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky.

*   The war was fought not to perpetuate or to extend slavery, but to
    repel invasion, the wanton destruction of private homes, and the
    bombing of cities filled only with women, children and the aged.
    Remember the burning of the homes in the Shenandoah Valley of
    Virginia; the bombing of the cities of Fredericksburg, VA,
    and Charleston, SC, to name only two.  Remember Gen. Sheridan's
    vow, "To leave Southerners only their eyes to weep with."

*   The war was fought not by slaveowners, but mostly by people from
    among those 80% of Southerners who owned no slaves.  In the war,
    slaveowners who owned twenty or more slaves were EXEMPT from
    service.
    Remember the non-slaveowners like Maj. Henry Kyd Douglas
    and Maj. Jed Hotchkiss, men who advocated freedom for all
    the slaves.

*   The best friend of Mrs. Davis, the wife of the Confederate
    President, and their most frequent visitor in the Confederate
    White House was an outspoken opponent of slavery.  There was
    a substantial anti-slavery movement throughout the South.
    Remember Mrs. Mary Boykin Chestnut.

*   Gen. T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson was the first leader of a
    non-violent protest movement in the South.  He formed a Sunday
    School for slaves that met in the Presbyterian Church at
    Lexington, VA.  When someone told him that it violated the
    laws on large meetings of slaves, he shamed the man into silence
    by replying, "If you had a Christian spirit, sir, you would not
    say so."
    Remember this brave act, made when he was only a teacher
    and not a General.

*   African-Confederate men fought proudly for the Confederacy.  After
    the War they attended the conventions of the United Confederate
    Veterans, and you can see pictures of them in the movies that were
    made of those conventions.  The movies have been converted to
    videotape and are available from many sources.

    Here are the requirements for full membership in our organization.  A
member must be:

    1.  A male descendent, lineal or collateral, of those who served
    in the Confederate Army or Navy to the end of the war, or who
    died in prison or while in the actual service, or who were
    killed in battle, or who were honorably retired or discharged.

    2.  At least twelve years of age.  (Sixteen years to vote)
    Provisions have recently been made for associate memberships in
    our local camp for men not meeting all the requirements stated
    above.

     To apply for full membership, please submit the following items:

    1.  A completed Application for Membership form, which is included
    [or available upon request.]

    2.  Two copies of your ancestor's proof of service, such as his
    pension records, his parole document, the pension records of
    his wife, a citation from the Official Records, or similar
    documentation.  Please do not submit the original.  One copy
    will be retained in camp records and one will be sent to
    National General Headquarters.

    3.  A check for $37.00, which covers:

      $  2.00, one-time application processing fee
        18.00, first year's national dues
        17.00, first year's local dues

       Please make the check payable to:

        SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS


       Please send these items to me at the address below:

        James F. Chumbley, Adjutant
        THE STAINLESS BANNER CAMP, NO. 1440
        SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
        5082 Gazania Drive
        San Jose, CA  95111-3915

    In addition to the national magazine, the Confederate Veteran, you
will receive and have many opportunities to contribute to our local
newsletter, The Stainless Banner.  The camp meets throughout the year
and plans a number of very interesting programs on the history of our
flags, the music of the Confederacy, genealogical research, regimental
and unit histories, and much, much more.  Our meetings are presently
held in the homes of our members throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
In addition to our periodic meetings, we will commemorate Confederate
Memorial Day and will locate and mark the graves of our Confederate
veterans buried in Northern California.

    Our camp was named for The Stainless Banner, second national flag of
the Confederate States, which served from May 1, 1863, until March 4, 1865.
This honored banner was first used to drape the casket of Gen. Stonewall
Jackson in Richmond, VA.  It was the last Confederate flag to be lowered,
when CSS Shenandoah furled her colors in Liverpool, England, on November 6,
1865, nearly seven months after the surrender of the armies.

    We need the participation and strength of men like you, and we would
be pleased and honored to have you join The Stainless Banner Camp, No.
1440, of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  Please feel welcome to call
or write me or any of the other camp officers if you have any questions
about our camp or organization.

Sincerely yours,
James F. Chumbley, Adjutant