how many stars...best answer gets 10 points!?

Question

how many stars were on the Union flag during the civil war...specfically during the battles of fort henry and fort donelson in 1862... best answer gets 10 points!!!

Answer 1

On 29 January 1861, the state of Kansas was admitted to the union and a new flag became official on 4 July 1861. The first two and last two rows contained seven stars each. The middle row contained six. This was the first new flag to be authorized following the secession of the southern states. The United States Govenment authorized 34 stars believing the southern states to be in rebellion. To remove stars representing the southern states would be admitting they had the right to secede. Therefore, all the stars were kept on the flag, even the ones representing southern states

THAT MEANS THERE WHERE 34 STARS ON THE FLAG IN 1862 AND 13 STRIPES.

Answer 2

I believe it was 13 stripes, with 15 stars. They had 15 and 15, but then they realized that if they kept adding stripes, then the flag would continue to grow, so they took away the newly added 2 stripes, and decided to only add a star for each new state.

It could have been 13, I could be wrong.

Answer 3

13 i have been studying this, trust me, even my mom says so