Not the Confederate Flag
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## ScriptThis is not the confederate national flag:When the United States split in twain during the civil war this was the first flag herrebel half used: The Bonnie Blue which she copied from the Republic of West Florida.No really. This country existed: a border disagreement between Spain and the US overthe Louisiana purchase gave some local rebels an opportunity take over a fort in 1810, declareindependence, as required with a flag, and run a government -- for 78 days until TheUnited States put an end to that.*Anyway*, fast forward to the Civil War and when Mississippi seceded from the Union sheadopted the flag of the tiny country that had been within her borders. And it becamethe unofficial flag of the rebellion but not for long. Blue wouldn't do.That's a Yankee color.The new confederate government asked for deigns submission and got several.Includ...
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## ScriptThis is not the confederate national flag:When the United States split in twain during the civil war this was the first flag herrebel half used: The Bonnie Blue which she copied from the Republic of West Florida.No really. This country existed: a border disagreement between Spain and the US overthe Louisiana purchase gave some local rebels an opportunity take over a fort in 1810, declareindependence, as required with a flag, and run a government -- for 78 days until TheUnited States put an end to that.*Anyway*, fast forward to the Civil War and when Mississippi seceded from the Union sheadopted the flag of the tiny country that had been within her borders. And it becamethe unofficial flag of the rebellion but not for long. Blue wouldn't do.That's a Yankee color.The new confederate government asked for deigns submission and got several.Includ...
