The Last Confederate Flag

This is the actual flag that was used by the Army of Northern Virginia to surrender to the Union Army:

The soldiers at the time knew what they were fighting for, which was why desertion and draft evasion sapped the ranks of the Confederate Army. Other than Mississippi, there were enough men from every state of the Confederacy to form distinct units in the Union Army. It's only after the war that the "noble cause" crap surfaced, a line of bullshit that generations of apologists have bought into ever since.