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The Confederate Flag - A Multi Racial Banner.

    The lunatic fringe liberals have claimed that the Confederate flag represents slavery, racism, and hate. In reality it represented a multi racial army. Further, not one slave was ever brought into this country under the Confederate flag. The importation of slaves had been outlawed by international law by the time of the Southern secession. All slaves were brought to these shores under the Stars and Stripes or the English, Dutch, French, and Spanish flags. So the argument over the Confederate flag is absurd and based on ignorance. Why isn't the information below ever taught in schools? When are Americans going to wake up and stop the liberal extremists from re-writing their history and destroying their children's true heritage?

Retired educator, Nelson Winbush, holds the flag that covered his grandfather's coffin.

Post Civil War photo of Nelson Winbush's grandfather, Pvt. Louis Napoleon Nelson, in Confederate uniform. Nelson joined the Confederate army in 1861 at age 14. He served in Gen. Forrest's cavalry as a cook, forager, body guard, and soldier. He saw action at places like Shiloh and Vicksburg. He wore his Confederate uniform to 39 veterans reunions.

    The article below was first published in the Barnes Review, April 1996, and has been reprinted here with permission. The Barnes Review is published by TBR Co. 130 Third St., SE, Washington, D.C. 20003.

The Confederate Flag - Banner of Honor

By Richard Bondira

Updated November 28, 2007.