The original Confederate flag’s similarity to the Union flag quickly confused soldiers ... a blue St. Andrew’s Cross with white stars on a red field. The Confederacy took the battle flag ...

Concerned over friendly fire due to the similarities in the Union and Confederate ... to use it in battle. The Confederate Battle flag is a square featuring two bars crossed in an X at the center ...

The Stars and Bars, with horizontal stripes, was the Confederate national flag ... for the Union army. In response, Southern sympathizers from the state took to wearing the cross bottony.

After the first Battle of Manassas, therefore, Confederate forces in the field adopted what was known as the battle flag or the “Southern Cross ... during the two Union assaults in December ...

The official flag went through a series of changes in attempts to distinguish Confederate from Union troops. The Confederacy would ultimately adopt the "Southern Cross" as its battle flag ...

But how did the battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross ... secession got underway, the Confederate States of America adopted a flag that riffed off the Union’s stars and stripes.

Sinclair, a Civil War reenactor who calls himself a "cross-dresser" because he's willing to portray both Confederate and Union troops, says he flies the Confederate flag at his home and bought a ...

Johnnie ran for the handsome flag ... Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his cavalry crossed the Ohio River, it created quite a sensation and bustle of activities with regiments of Union ...