First Flag of the Confederate States

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  "g": "h,north-america",
  "ns": "us-hist",
  "name": "Confederate Stars and Bars",
  "now": "us",
  "years": "1861–1863",
  "id": "us-confederate-stars-bars",
  "index": "c/united-states:1861",
  "title": "First Flag of the Confederate States",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#bf0a30",
      "cmyk": "0/95/75/25",
      "note": "The field colour of the first Confederate national flag."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "cmyk": "0/0/0/0",
      "note": "The stripe."
    },
    {
      "color": "blue",
      "hex": "#002868",
      "cmyk": "100/62/0/59",
      "note": "The canton containing the stars of seceding states."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The 'Stars and Bars' was the first national flag of the Confederate States of America (1861–1863), featuring a blue canton with a circle of white stars on three stripes of red, white, and red\n - Often confused with the more famous Confederate Battle Flag, the Stars and Bars was replaced because it too closely resembled the US flag on the battlefield, causing confusion\n - **Construction:** three horizontal stripes (red, white, red) with a blue canton containing white stars in a circle\n - The number of stars varied as states joined\n - Ratio approximately 2:3",
  "flag": "us-hist/us-confederate-stars-bars.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Confederate States",
    "officialName": "Stars and Bars (Confederate)",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "us-hist/us-confederate-stars-bars.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- The original Confederate flag featured stars and bars\n - Used by the Confederate States of America (1861–1865)\n - Later appropriated by segregationists and hate groups",
  "article": "us-hist/us-confederate-stars-bars.md",
  "_name": "Confederate Stars and Bars",
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