History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 457
ort Sumter. God has been pleasedto hear our prayers, and has removed me to thisstronghold. Perhaps at the very moment youwere writing to me I was, by his guidance, leadingmy little band across to this place. I left Fort^loultrie between five and six p.m., and had mycommand here by eight oclock tlie… … FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 421 sponsibility. Unwilling to see my little band sacrificed, I determined, aftercalmly awaiting instructions as long as I could, to avail myself of the earliestof)portunity of extricating myself from my dangerous position. God bepraised ! He gave me the will, and led me…
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