. 100 great battles of the rebellion; a detailed account of regiments and batteries engaged -- casualties, killed, wounded and missing, and the number of men in action in each regiment; also, all the battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian battles, American-Spanish War, and naval battles. State rosters from the several northern states, giving the enrollment, number killed, wounded, died and deserted from each organization during the war . sas, and shortly after that action another flagwas born to the Confederacy, in September, 1861. The battle flag was then adopted. This,
. 100 great battles of the rebellion; a detailed account of regiments and batteries engaged -- casualties, killed, wounded and missing, and the number of men in action in each regiment; also, all the battles of the Revolution, War of 1812-5, Mexican War, Indian battles, American-Spanish War, and naval battles. State rosters from the several northern states, giving the enrollment, number killed, wounded, died and deserted from each organization during the war . sas, and shortly after that action another flagwas born to the Confederacy, in September, 1861. The battle flag was then adopted. This, in the languageof heraldry, was a red field charged with a blue saltier,with a narrow border of white, on which were displayedthirten white stars; in other words, a blue St. Andrewscross on a red ground. This was easily distinguishable,and was never changed. 350 ONE HUNDRED GREAT BATTLES The stars and bars were in 63 supplemented by thecamp flag. This was in size and shape like the other, except thatit was white with no stripes, and Ihe battle flag in theupper corner, next the staff. It was found deficient inactual service, in that, displaying so much white, it wassometimes apt to be mistaken for a flag of truce, and onFeb. 24, 1865, it gave place to the last flag of the Con-federacy, the outer half being a red vertical bar. Ap-pearing so late in the war, it was not so familiar as theothers—in fact, was comparatively little known. CONFEDERATE When Louisiana secedea January 26, 1861, the newgovernment seized the United States mint at New Orleansand struck $254,820 double eagles and $101, halfdollars, using the United States dies for 1861. Thebullion was exhausted in May, 1861, and the coinageceased. The U. S. dies were destroyed. A confederatestate die was then made to be used for silver half had the Goddess of Liberty the same as the UnitedStates coin on one side, and the stars and bars of theconfederacy in a coat-of-arms, flanked by a stalk of canea
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