The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Flags Over Fort Sumter

The good folks at HMDB, Historical Marker Database have another good one, this time at Fort Sumter out in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. This marker concerns the flags flying at the fort. The general public might not know the significance of them. Of course, the tallest is that of the current US flag.

FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY-- Also called the Stars and Bars, not to be confused with the common rectangular Naval flag that is so-often confused with the real Confederate flag. Raised over the fort after its surrender in April 1861.

SOUTH CAROLINA FLAG-- its color and symbols represent important events in South Carolina military history. A blue flag with a crescent moon flew over the palmetto log fort that fought the British in the American Revolution.

SECOND NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY-- Adopted 1862 which had a white field with the square Naval flag in the union.

1860 UNITED STATES FLAG-- had 33 stars

1865 UNITED STATES FLAG-- had 35 stars after Kansas and West Virginia joined the Union. The Confederate states still had their stars on it.

These were all flags that flew over Fort Sumter at one time or another during the war.

So, Now You Know. --Old B-Runner

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