BRITAINS 31453 General Lee's Headquarters Flag, Mounted Flagbearer, No. 2

  
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The flag's 13 stars represent the 11 states of the Confederacy, along with Missouri and Kentucky, so called border states. The flag was believed to have been sewn by Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee and the couple's daughters. Lee replaced this banner with a new headquarters flag after the government adopted the Second National Flag in May 1863. WE ARE AN OFFICIAL BRITAINS RETAILER AND THE PRODUCT IS BRAND NEW.