. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 177 and was about snatching the colors from the under officers handswhen Rail said in a tone of vexation, By no means general,my grenadiers have taken those colors, they shall keep them,and I shall not permit any one to take them away. A shortaltercation now took place between them and they separated inangry mood, but the colors remained for the present with Railsregiment. The captured colors were of red damask, with themotto Liberty. The Americans took their stand
. Our flag number, with 1197 flags in full colors and 300 additional illustrations in black and white. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 177 and was about snatching the colors from the under officers handswhen Rail said in a tone of vexation, By no means general,my grenadiers have taken those colors, they shall keep them,and I shall not permit any one to take them away. A shortaltercation now took place between them and they separated inangry mood, but the colors remained for the present with Railsregiment. The captured colors were of red damask, with themotto Liberty. The Americans took their stand at the head ofthe regiment Rail with their arms reversed, carrying their hatsunder their arms, and fell upon their knees, and earnestly en-treated that their lives might be I have an undated engraving of what purports to be the battleof White Plains [Oct. 28, 1776,] but which seems to representthe scene above described, the Americans carrying a flag ofwhich the annexed is a fac-simile. 1 Hessian account of the battle of Long Island. Memoirs of Long Island , vol. 11, pp. 434, American Flag. From an old English engraving of the battle ofWhite Plains, Oct. 28, 1776. 23 PL. VIII THE STARS and STRIPES. 1777-1872
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