rahamy
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Q: How many stars were in the flag Confederate troops carried into battle?
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KG_RangerBooBoo
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Okay, without looking I believe it was 13. One for each of the 11 states that seceeded and one each for Missouri and Kentucky.
rahamy
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Pretty good gues...you got it. 
Alex Krolikowsk
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Rich, if I would say that some troops carried flags without any stars it would be also correct.
Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne division – the best one in the West – was the only Confederate division whose regiments were authorized to carry their own unique banners (as a reward for their sterling performance on the battlefields) - Hardee style battleflags (blue flag, bordered in white and bearing a white 'silver moon'). They used them through the entire war.
But if you mean famous red flags with blue St. Andrews cross, then 13 is correct.
Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne division – the best one in the West – was the only Confederate division whose regiments were authorized to carry their own unique banners (as a reward for their sterling performance on the battlefields) - Hardee style battleflags (blue flag, bordered in white and bearing a white 'silver moon'). They used them through the entire war.
But if you mean famous red flags with blue St. Andrews cross, then 13 is correct.