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Stars and Bars flag

"Stars and Bars"

Accession number: 1958.42

The Confederate First National Flag, called "the stars and bars," was reputedly the Confederate headquarters flag during the first battle of Manassas, July 21, 1861.





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View a U.S. flag that flew over captured Richmond in April 1865


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