The Confederate Flag - the tri-colored emblem of Southern valor, purity and truth- was hoisted for the first time on the 4th March, over the Provisional Capitol at Montgomery. Miss L.C.T. Tyler, a granddaughter of ex-President Tyler, and one of the fair daughters of Virginia, was selected to elevate the flag. The Montgomery Advertiser relates the following curious incident as occurring on the occasion:

"When the time had arrived for raising the banner, Miss Tyler steadily, and with heart throbbing with pariotic emotion, elevated the flag to the summit of the staff, cannon thundered forth a salute, the vast assemblage rent the air with shouts of welcome, and the people of the South had for the first time a view of the Southern flag. Ere there was time to take one hasty glance at the national ensign, the eyes of all were upturned to gaze at what would perhaps at any time have attracted unusual attention, but on this occasion really seemed a Providental omen. Scarcely had the first report from the salute died away, when a large and beautifully defined circle of blue vapor rose slowly over the assemblage of Southern spirits there assembled to vow allegiance to the Southern banner, rested for many seconds on a level with the flag of the Confederated States, then gradually ascended until lost to the gaze of the assembled multitude. It was a most beautiful and auspicious omen, and those who look with with an eye of faith to the glorious future of our Confederacy, could not but believe that the same God that vouchsafed to the Christian Emperor the cross in the heavens as a promise of victory, had this day given to a young nation, striving for liberty, a divine auguary of hope and durability."

Yorkville Enquirer (Yorkville, SC) 21 Mar 1861 (Page 02)