Karl Marx: Becoming a Socialist. In our previous lecture, we learned how Karl Marx's ideas are studied and used by philosophers, historians, economists, sociologists and political scientists.
What most people call the rebel flag or Confederate Flag is actually the Army of Tennessee Battle Flag. It was ordered by Gen. Johnston in late 1863 or 1864 to be used army-wide to replace various other battle flags that different CSA army regiments to avoid confusion on the battlefield.
There are 13 stripes to represent the original 13 American colonies that rebelled against Great Britain. In the original flag, each colony also had one star. When states began joining the new United States union, a white or red stripe and a star were added for each new state.