Battles of the Confederate Flag
The Confederate Flag as we know it now was not the national flag of the Confederate States of America. The first official flag of the rebel states, called the Stars and Bars, looked so much like the United States flag that it caused confusion in battle. The second flag used Virginia's battle flag, the familiar Southern Cross, in the upper left corner with a field of white. It was known as The Stainless Banner. This "white man's flag" resembled a flag of surrender so a vertical stripe of red was added late in the war. This became The Blood Stained Banner. Only in the 20th century did the southern cross become the southern flag.
When first Union officer killed in the war, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, died ripping down the rebel flag, the battle flag had yet to become the symbol of the South.
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