Confederate Battle Flag: History, Symbolism, and Controversy #1448180 (License: Personal Use)

This image shows the Confederate battle flag, officially known as the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, designed in 1861 by William Porcher Miles. It features a red field with a blue diagonal cross (saltire) bordered in white and bearing 13 five-pointed white stars representing the seceded states. Though never the official national flag of the Confederacy, it became its most recognizable symbol and remains deeply contested in modern discourse.

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