* Rectangular in shape
* Red field with a blue "X"-shaped cross
* 13 stars arranged in a circle inside the "X"
* The stars represent the eleven states that had seceded from the Union by the time the flag was adopted in 1861 (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) plus Kentucky and Missouri, which were both claimed by the Confederacy but never officially seceded.
* The red represents valor and bloodshed, the white represents purity and liberty, and the blue represents loyalty and perseverance.
Union Flag
* Rectangular in shape
* Blue field with 50 white stars arranged in a horizontal row
* 13 vertical red and white stripes representing the thirteen original colonies
* The stars represent the 50 states, and the stripes represent the original thirteen colonies.
* The blue represents loyalty and vigilance, the white represents purity and innocence, and the red represents valor and zeal.