The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War.

“After the battle was lost by the Confederate Army, it really ... which also sold the sword of Civil War Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last May, to list the flag for bidding.