This was the first official flag of the confederacy and also known as the Stars and Bars.  It was reported to the provisional Congress of the Confederate States by the flag committee on March 4,1861.  It appears in many variations with stars ranging from 7 to 15 stars. Eleven states that seceded from the Union, two of which (Kentucky and Missouri) had confederate and union governments, one (Maryland) attempted to secede and one slave state (Delaware) that remained loyal to the union.