National symbols of the Confederate States of America information
This article is a list of national symbols of the Confederate States of America enacted through legislation. Upon its independence (adoption of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States) on February 8, 1861,[1] and subsequent foundation of the permanent government on February 22, 1862,[2] the Confederate States Congress adopted national symbols distinct from those of the United States.
Name and flag
National Personification
Seal
Motto
Confederate States Third Flag of the Confederate States[3] (Blood-Stained Banner) Second Flag of the Confederate States[4] (Stainless Banner) First Flag of the Confederate States[5] (Stars and Bars)
George Washington[6]
Seal of the Confederate States[7]
Deo vindice[7] (Latin) "(With) God (as our) defender/protector"
Note: The translation is open to some interpretation.
^Matthews, James M., ed. (1864). The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America : From the Institution of the Government, February 8, 1861, to its Termination, February 18, 1862, Inclusive; Arranged in Chronological Order, Together with the Constitution for the Provisional Government, and the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Treaties Concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress. p. 8. OL 25389078M – via Internet Archive.
^Programme for the Inauguration of the President and Vice-President of the Confederate States. 1862. OL 24601341M – via Internet Archive.
^Confederate States of America. Congress (1904). Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. S. Doc. No. 234, [U. S.] 58th Cong., 2d Sess. Vol. IV. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 663. LCCN 05012700. OCLC 2391433. OL 7120203M – via Internet Archive.
^Matthews, James M., ed. (1863). The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Third Session of the First Congress; 1863. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress. p. 163. OL 25389078M – via Internet Archive.
^Confederate States of America. Congress (1904). Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. S. Doc. No. 234, [U. S.] 58th Cong., 2d Sess. Vol. I. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 102. LCCN 05012700. OCLC 2391433. OL 7120203M – via Internet Archive.
^Henry, Robert Selph (1931). The Story of the Confederacy. Illustrated. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co. p. 88. LCCN 31029915. OCLC 1300151. OL 6765596M.
^ abMatthews, James M., ed. (1863). The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Third Session of the First Congress; 1863. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress. p. 167. OL 25389078M – via Internet Archive.
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