Colonel Moultrie created this flag for the purpose. $29.11 $ 29. Fort Moultrie Flag. You won't find nylon flags with higher tensile and tear strength. The South Carolina Council of Safety wanted to salute the British warships in the harbor with a flag to show them they were now in possession of the fort. Get it Wed, Jul 15 - Fri, Jul 17. 3.
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In January 1861, after the state’s secession from the Union, the legislature drew on the symbolism of the Second South Carolina’s colors and the fort’s palmetto logs to adopt the official flag of South Carolina. During the June 28, 1776, attack by a British fleet, the flagstaff was cut down by artillery. Sergeant William Jasper retrieved the colors, tied them to a staff, and planted them back on the ramparts. In January 1776 the South Carolina Council of Safety delivered twenty-three yards of blue cloth to Colonel William Moultrie, commander of the Second South Carolina Regiment.
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It is not known if this cloth was used to make the unit’s colors, but in the colonel’s memoirs he wrote: “it was thought necessary to have a flag for the purpose of signals: (as there was no national or state flag at the time) I was desired by the council of safety to have one made, upon which, as the state troops were clothed in blue, and the fort was garrisoned by the first and second regiments, who wore a silver crescent on the front of their caps; I had a large blue flag made with a crescent in the dexter corner, to be uniform with the troops: This was the first American flag which was displayed in South-Carolina.”© 2015-2020 University of South Carolina – awsOrdered to Sullivan’s Island, the Second South Carolina was the principal command in the island’s half-completed palmetto log and sand fort, and the regiment’s colors served as the garrison’s flag.Ordered to Sullivan’s Island, the Second South Carolina was the principal command in the island’s half-completed palmetto log and sand fort, and the regiment’s colors served as the garrison’s flag. Get it Wed, Jul 15 - Fri, Jul 17. In January 1776 the South Carolina Council of Safety delivered twenty-three yards of blue cloth to Colonel William Moultrie, commander of the Second South Carolina Regiment.
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