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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
I have a question for a history buff or anyone who might know the answer! 
I have always thought that this is the Confederate "Stars and Bars":
But it seems that when people talk about the flag some Southerners fly in their yards and the flag that flies over the South Carolina capitol building, the flag to which they refer is the one I know as the "battle flag", yet they call it the "Stars and bars"
Am I wrong about which flag is which? Or does "Stars and Bars" refer to any Confederate flag? Are the terms interchangeable?
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The "Stars and Bars" term used with the battle flag happened after the civil war. After Reconstruction and when the South's cause was seen as noble. The battle flag became a symbol of the glorious fight for states rights in southerners of the time. I believe the term became very popular during the civil rights era. Most southerners didn't know what the real "Stars and Bars" flag even looked like so it was assumed the battle flag was the "Stars and Bars".
Here is a good site about the confederate flags.
http://americancivilwar.com/south/conflag/southflg.html
Edited to add the flag you showed is the Navy flag. The battle flag is a smaller version of the navy flag.