Was it William T. Thompson or was it...

Charleston, S.C., April 24, 1863.

To Hon. C. J. Villere [Confederate House of Representatives]:

Why change our battle flag, consecrated by the best blood of our country on so many battle fields? A good design for the national flag would be the present battle flag as a Union Jack, and the rest all white or all blue.

G. T. Beauregard.

Charleston Mercury, May 7, 1863
& Augusta Chronicle, May 8, 1863

Furthermore, those in the Confederate Congress involved in the debate and design of the flag said the white represented "purity and truth" and not "white man."