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This is the battle flag of the Confederate armies. It a blue diagonal cross (St. Andrews cross) with 13 white stars set in the bars. The cross is set on a red field. It was first introduced to eliminate confusion between US flags and Confederate flags. It is also often incorrectly referred to as "The Stars and Bars", which was the name of the Confederate National Flag.

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