ATLANTA - James Blitch, a 22-year-old Atlanta man, is accused of driving more than three hours to Spartanburg County, South Carolina, just to lower the Confederate flag that flies over Interstate ...

The first was the “Stars and Bars,” approved in 1861. Like its Union ... beginning of the Civil War, South Carolina lawmakers raised the Confederate battle flag over the State House.

(South Carolina displays the official battle flag outside its capitol in Columbia ... Blue Flag,” adopted by Mississippi on Jan. 9, 1861, as part of its ordinance of secession.

Here's how the controversial flag has evolved: First Confederate flag: “The Stars and Bars” The first official flag of the Confederacy was adopted on March 4, 1861, and was almost immediately ...

CHARLESTON, Wednesday, April 3 -- P.M. The South Carolina State Convention, to-day, by a vote of 149 to 29, ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States. A number will change their votes to ...