CAMP # 1722
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA
~ SECESSION AND BANNERS ~
"SECESSION OF STATES JOINING THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"
STATE................SETTLED..................STATEHOOD............................SECEEDED................RE-ADMITTED
1. South Carolina..........1670............23 May 1788 (8th State)..............20 December 1860............9 July 1868
2. Mississippi................1699.......10 December 1817 (20th State).........9 January 1861...........23 February 1870
3. Florida.......................1565..........10 January 1861 (27th State)..........10 January 1861............25 June 1868
4. Alabama.....................1702.........14 December 1819 (22nd State)......11 January 1861............13 July 1868
5. Georgia.....................1733.............2 January 1788 (4th State)...........19 January 1861.............15 July 1870
6. Louisiana..................1718..............30 April 1812 (18th State)............26 January 1861..............9 July 1868
7. Texas.........................1692..........29 December 1845 (28th State).....1 February 1861.............30 March 1870
8. Virginia......................1607..............26 June 1788 (10th State..............17 April 1861...............26 January 1870
9. Arkansas...................1685..............15 June 1836 (25th State)...............6 May 1861..................22 June 1868
10. North Carolina.........1653...........21 November 1789 (12st State)........20 May 1861..................4 July 1868
11. Tennessee...............1769..............1 June 1796 (16th State)...............24 June 1861.................24 July 1866
12. Missouri...................1735.............10 August 1821 (24th State).......Sectional Secession..............N/A
31 October 1861
13. Kentucky...................1775...............1 June 1792 (15th State)..........Sectional Secession..............N/A
20 November 1861
14. Arizona......................1776............14 February 1912 (48th State)....Committed Troops.................N/A
No Secession
15. Maryland...................1634................28 April 1788 (7th State)...........Committed Troops................N/A
No Secession
"FLAGS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"
Bonnie Blue Flag - First "Unofficial" Flag Used By The Confederate States Of America In December 1860
First National Flag - Approved By The Confederate Congress On 4 March 1861
Battle Flag - Although Not "Officially" Approved By The Confederate Congress, First Used After 1 August 1861
Second Natinal Flag - Approved By The Confederate Congress on 1 May 1863. Also Known As The "Stainless Banner" Or The "Jackson Flag," Was First Used To Drape The Casket Of Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
The Naval Flag - "The New Ensign" Approved By The Confederate Congress on 26 May 1863. It Was The Last Confederate Flag Flown In Confederate Service Until The Surrender Of The C.S.S. Shenandoah In August 1865.
In June of 1887, President Gover Cleveland Approved The Return Of The Captured "Proud Confederate Banners" To The South, Thusly Creating An Outcry Among Indignant Northerners. He Later Revoked The Order, Deferring To Congressional Authority.
The "Proud Banners" Were Supposed To Be Returned Peacefully To The South In 1905 By An Act Of The U. S. Congress.
RAMSr - 2001 ~ 2002
Fredericksburg, Virginia