Who came up with the design for the Confederate flag?

Answer 1

There was no one flag of the short lived Confederate States of America.

The first unofficial one was the "Bonnie Blue", which originated with the truly short lived Republic of West Florida. I believed that it lasted for a month and a day in 1810. This flag was popularized by the song, The Bonnie Blue Flag, which called for states rights and was one of the three most popular songs of the civil war in the south.

The first National Confederate Flag was called the "Stars and Bars", said to resemble the Austrian flag. It was designed by Nicola Marschall of Marion, AL, at the suggestion of Mrs. Napoleon Lockett of the place. Adopted by the Confederate Congress, March 4, 1861, and raised that day by Miss Letitia Tyler, grand-daughter of former U.S. President John Tyler . It was a horizonal tri-color red, white, red, with a blue canton containing a varying number of stars, ranging from 7 (the original members) to 15, including 11 members, 2 states that had representatives in both congresses, namely Missouri and Kentucky, and 2 representing those states which despite occupation by the federals, rallied to the cause of Southern independence. Most common were 11. Due to it's similarity to the Federal flag, it was one of the factors that led to the death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson by his own troops.

The Second Confederate Flag, also called the "Stainless" banner had the Southern Cross as a canton (blue St-Andrew's cross saltire) on a red field. The cross was said to be due to the Scottish ancestry of many Southerners and the popularity of "Ivanhoe" and other novels by Sir Walter Scott. It served for most of the war as the National Flag of the Confederacy. Due to the large expanse of white, it was difficult to see at sea and could be confused for a flag of truce.

For the last several months of the war it was modified by the addition of a red vertical stripe on the fly. This was called the Third Confederate Flag or Last Confederate Flag. The canton was a Naval Jack. In a square design, with a pink, orange and finally white 2" border, it was used by the Army of Northern Virginia, the main army of the South, led by Robert E. Lee, as a cavalry, artillery and infantry battle flag, depending on size (39",45" or 51" square). This would have been the one that saw the most use as it was employed by the largest number of units and involved in the largest number of battles. The pink and orange borders used bunting captured at the naval yard in Norfolk. Upon production of material in the South, white was used. One of the first two flags given to General Lee was sewn by two sisters from Alexander, Va. The other was sewn by their cousin, a Miss Carey in occupied territory (Baltimore, Md).

In a 3' x 5' shape, the Naval Jack was used by the Army of Tennessee, one of the main forces in the Western field of operations. The Stars and Bars with 18 stars (13 white representing the 13 states and 5 red, representing the five civilized nations - Indians that fought for the confederacy) was the last one to be used in the field by the last Confederate General to surrender with the Cherokee brigade.

In Montgomery, in 1931, a marble tablet was dedicated at the capitol building, commemorating the raising of the first Confederate flag. It reads:
"From the dome of this Building, the First Capital, floated the First Flag of the Confederacy, known as the 'Stars and Bars' designed by Nicola Marschall of Marion, AL, at the suggestion of Mrs. Napoleon Lockett of the place. Adopted by the Confederate Congress, March 4, 1861, and raised that day by Miss Letitia Tyler, grand-daughter of former U.S. President John Tyler."

This monument, in front of the Perry County Courthouse, reads:
In Honor of Nicola Marschall
1829-1917
Who designed at Marion, Ala.
the Stars and Bars
first official flag adopted
by the Confederate
States of America, at
Montgomery, Ala. March 4, 1861
then raised over dome
of that first Confederate
capitol. He also designed
the Confederate uniform.

Answer 2

The Confederate Navy Jack, also called "The Southern Cross," is a rectangular precursor of the Battle Flag, usually about 5×3 feet. The blue color in the saltire (the diagonal cross) is much lighter than in the Battle Flag, and it was flown only on Confederate ships from 1863 to 1865.

The design was originally made by South Carolina Congressman William Porcher Miles with the intent to be the first national flag, but it was rejected by the Confederate government for looking too much like crossed suspenders (British English = braces). It was used by a few army units, including the Army of Tennessee as their battle flag from 1864-1865. (After General Joseph Johnston took command of the Army of Tennessee from Braxton Bragg, he ordered its army-wide implementation to improve morale and avoid confusion.) Today, it is the most universally recognized symbol of the South, where it is commonly called the rebel or Dixie flag. This flag is often erroneously called "the Confederate Flag". (This Flag has also been incorrectly referred to as the Stars and Bars, although this is generally accepted as fact, the real Stars and Bars is the First National Flag.)

Answer 3

A committee of course. The Confederate constitution described the "Stars and Bars", the national flag: red bars at top and bottom, white bar across the middle, blue corner with stars for each of the Confederate states, then was 7. The battle flag is different. That is a red field with a blue X, upon which were the stars of the states which included the sympathetic border states that they felt belonged with them. I haven't heard if there was a Confederate "Betsy Ross" who sewed the first flag.

Answer 4

The "Confederate flag"
"Rebel flag" redirects here. For the red and black flag commonly used in video games and symbology for unnamed or generic rebel movements, see bisected flag.

The rectangular battle flag of the Army of Tennessee
Designed by William Porcher Miles, the chairman of the Flag and Seal committee, a now-popular variant of the Confederate flag was rejected as the national flag in 1861. It was instead adopted as a battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee.[30] Despite never having historically represented the CSA as a country nor officially recognized as one of the national flags, it is commonly referred to as "the Confederate Flag" and has become a widely recognized symbol of the American south.[31] It is also known as the rebel flag, Dixie flag, and Southern cross and is often incorrectly referred to as the "Stars and Bars".[32] (The actual "Stars and Bars" is the first national flag, which used an entirely different design.) The self-declared Confederate exclave of Town Line, New York, lacking a genuine Confederate flag, flew a version of this flag prior to its 1946 vote to ceremonially rejoin the Union.

Answer 5

The Southern Cross was originally a cavalry flag, based, of course, on St. Andrew's Cross.

Answer 6

um... the Confederates?

Answer 7

You know it is very similar to the British Flag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_Bars

Answer 8

the commies did of course

Answer 9

check out this link it will tell ya

http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/battlefl.htm

Answer 10

I dunno, but let me know when u do.