First Battle Flag

In 1861, after the first Battle of Manassas, the flag with the St. Andrews Cross was adopted as the Battle Flag of the Confederate States Army, and the Misses Carey (Hettie and Constance) made three and presented them to Generals Johnston, Van Dorn and Beauregard. The latter's flag was sent by him to New Orleans, and upon the fall of the city, to Havana, then returned to New Orleans, and placed in custody of the Washington Artillery, where it is at present. The other two seem to have been lost.

DESCRIPTION: Red ground, blue cross, gold stars and gold fringe.

Picture and text: from "The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War". Published ca. 1895.