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| Use | Banner  |
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| Design | A dark blue banner charged with a white star |
The "Bonnie Blue flag" was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short-lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field. Its first use being as early as 1810, it is considered the first lone star flag in U.S. history.[1]
- ^ Milledge L. Bonham, Jr. (November 1, 1918). "The Spanish Flag in Louisiana". Hispanic American Historical Review. 1 (4): 457–460. doi:10.1215/00182168-1.4.457.
General Philemon Thomas captured the fort at Baton Rouge, and planted upon it a blue woolen banner bearing a single silver star--the first 'lone star' flag in American history