<Table> Confederate States of America <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The first national flag of the Confederate States of America with 13 stars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Td> "The Stars and Bars" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Use </Th> <Td> National flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> March 4, 1861 (first 7 - star version) November 28, 1861 (final 13 - star version) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Three horizontal stripes of equal height, alternating red and white, with a blue square two - thirds the height of the flag as the canton . Inside the canton are white five - pointed stars of equal size, arranged in a circle and pointing outward . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Nicola Marschall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The second national flag of the Confederate States of America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Td> "The Stainless Banner" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Use </Th> <Td> National flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 1: 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> May 1, 1863 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> A white rectangle two times as wide as it is tall, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The third national flag of the Confederate States of America . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Td> "The Blood - Stained Banner" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Use </Th> <Td> National flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 2: 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> March 4, 1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> A white rectangle, one - and - a-half times as wide as it is tall a red vertical stipe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designed by </Th> <Td> Arthur L. Rogers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The first national flag of the Confederate States of America with 13 stars </Td> </Tr>

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