What Do the Colors of the Confederate Flag Mean?
The Confederate flag today was the last of four flags flown by the Confederacy. While design of the flags changed, each flag used the same colors as the American flag: red, white and blue. This decision is credited to Southern Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. The Confederate flag in all its designs flew from 1861 to 1865, first flying in South Carolina. The original flag was known as the “Stars and Bars.” The square flag had seven stars representing the seven states that seceded from the United States.
