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.

The 190 streamers attached to the Army Flag staff denote campaigns ... service in that particular war. The concept of campaign streamers came to prominence in the Civil War when Army organizations ...

Three flags fly atop Shy’s Hill in Tennessee, commemorating the Civil War battle of Nashville: the United States flag, the ...

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

As the Civil War began, the Army of Northern Virginia, led by eventual Democratic activist Robert E. Lee, adopted the battle flag that is ... Byrd of West Virginia, Tennessee’s Albert Gore ...

It was filmmaker Ken Burns who said, “The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... They pushed the Confederates off. Today, three flags fly there – Tennessee, Minnesota and the United States. Now ...