Bonnie Blue Flag Bonnie Blue Flag The Bonnie Blue Flag was an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861. It now often serves as a representative banner of the southeastern United States in general. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field. It closely resembles the flags of the short-lived Republic of West Florida of 1810, Congo under Belgian rule, and Somalia. The first recorded use of this flag (typically with a white star) was in 1810 when it was used to represent the Republic of West Florida,
The Bonnie Blue Flag to the front, And close beside her come Her sisters of the Mexique sea, With pealing trump and drum; Till answering back from hill and glen The rallying cry afar, A nation holsts the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. IV By every stone in Charleston Bay, By each beleaguered town, We swear to rest not night nor day, But hunt the tyrants down; Till bathed in valor's holy blood The gazing world afar Shall greet with shouts the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star." </poem> <poem> 1. We are a band of brothers and native