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Flags of the Civil War

July 4, 1859	The Oregon Flag is introduced. It will be the first flag under which U. S. troops enter the Civil War.	Oregon
July 4, 1861	The Kansas Flag is introduced	Kansas
March 6, 1862	Barnwell Rhett proposes a yellow sun in a blue shield with a ray for each state. It would eliminate the stars and the red, white, and blue combinations of the Yankee flag	South Carolina
	Robert Barnwell Rhett
April 19, 1862	The Joint Committee on Flag and Seal backs the flag proposed earlier by Barnwell Rhett. The Confederate House eventually tables the design.
	Robert Barnwell Rhett
May 1, 1863	"Stainless Banner" becomes the second Confederate Flag
May 26, 1863	Confederate Naval flag introduced by Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory
July 4, 1863	The West Virginia flag is introduced. This is the final Union flag of the Civil War	West Virginia
March 4, 1864	The Confederate States of America adopts the Stars and Bars as its official flag

Flags of the Civil War

During the Civil War both the Northern and Southern armies marched under 3 different flags. Continueing with tradition, the North added a new star to the field of the flag with each state that joined the Union. They never took out the stars representing the states that seceded from the Union.

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Flags of the Civil War was added in 2005