Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- Blue cloth with a circle of eight stars, two wide red stripes and one wide white stripe.
- General History
- The Confederate States of America’s first national flag was known as the “Stars & Bars.” This flag flew from 1861 to 1863. Each of the eight stars represented a Confederate state in March 1861 when the flag was adopted. The similarity of the design of the Confederate flag and the Union “Stars and Stripes” made it difficult to distinguish between the two in the heat of battle, most notably during the First Battle of Bull Run (known to Confederates as First Manassas). This resulted in troops firing on their own men—or “friendly fire”—and in the capture of a number of prisoners of war.
- ID Number
- AF.42724 [dup1]
- catalog number
- 42724
- accession number
- 165001
- Object Name
- flag
- Other Terms
- flag; Military; CSA, Navy
- Physical Description
- wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 57 1/2 in; 91.44 cm x 146.05 cm
- overall: 35 1/2 in x 58 in; 90.17 cm x 147.32 cm
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- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Flags
- related event
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_461713
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-7531-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
