As the 170th anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion rolls around, experts say the true story of the event — and its iconic Southern Cross flag — need to be remembered.

But author John Coski, the historian for the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, pointed out in his 2005 book The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem that the ...

This banner (which became known as the "Southern Cross") was also later used in its more familiar rectangular form as the battle flag of the Army of Tennessee, and (with a lighter blue saltire) as ...

The Confederate Battle flag known as the "Southern Cross" has 13 stars to represent the defeated Confederate States of America. ... This flag was called the “Blood-Stained Banner.” ...

The bombardment of Fort Sumter was in fact not much of a battle. The squat brick fortress that commands Charleston Harbor was manned by fewer than a hundred Union soldiers and not yet completed ...

Each fall in Bee County, Texas, the raising of the Confederate battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross, traditionally kicks off the annual Western Week festival.

Supporters of the flag have said they view the shooting and the flag as unrelated. But Cornell William Brooks, the national president of the N.A.A.C.P., has called it an emblem of hate.

As the 170th anniversary of the Eureka Rebellion rolls around, experts say the true story of the event — and its iconic Southern Cross flag — need to be remembered.