More seriously, the Confederate flag that's in the news in 2015 wasn't really the flag of the CSA, it was one of the battle flags of the CSA. The actual Confederate flags, sometimes known as the Stars and Bars, bore a striking resemblance to a state flag several state flags that still flies fly over one several of the USA's more conservative states. Several other State flags contain all or part of the Confederate Battle Flag which was recently removed from the South Carolina State House.