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 477
Fort Sumter I have followed and condensed thenarrative in Lossings History of the Civil \Var, examining and quoting largely frontother authors and official reports, ilr. I^ossing was furnished by Major Anderson witlihis letter-books and papers, and had unusual sources for correct infomiation. 2… … Nailing the Flag on FortSumter. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 441 same spot by the brave and patriotic Sergeant Jasper, eighty-five yearsbefore. The halyards were so inextricably tangled that the flag couldnot be righted. It was therefore nailed to the staff and planted upon,the ramparts.^ At…
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