Origin and history of the American flag 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 (1917)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885, Asnis, Charles Edward · Philadelphia, N. L. Brown · leaf 39
were removed, guns spiked, and their carriagesburned. The unfinished additions and alterations of the work weredestroyed. The flag-staff was cut doicn, that no banner with strangedevice should occupy the place of the stars and stripes; in fact, noth-ing was left unharmed except the heavy round… … The raising of the Flag .it FortSumter, Dec. 26, 1800. The following letter from Major Andersonto his friend Duane describes the scene:— - •FoBT Sumter, S. C, Dec. 30, 1860. My dear Sir,—Your most welcome letter oftlie 2Gth of December, received to-day, finds me,as you see, at Fort Sumter. God has…
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