Cowpens flag
The Cowpens flag, or
Description
This version of the US flag was said to have been carried by William Batchelor
The Batchelor Flag was on display in the
- The 3rd Maryland Regiment was not at the Battle of Cowpens.
- No American regiment was officially authorized to carry Stars and Stripes flags.[5]
- The first Stars and Stripes flag constructed in Maryland was made in 1782, at least a year after the Battle of Cowpens.
- The fabric and construction technique match other 19th century flags.
A Smithsonian publication acknowledges that the Cowpens design may date to the American Revolution, but the actual flag held at Maryland dates no earlier than 1843.[6]
The
The star pattern was popular enough to see continued use in 15-star flags as the nation began to grow. A surviving military commission signed by Thomas Jefferson in 1808 shows a 15-star flag and a 15-star Navy jack, both using the 3rd Maryland star arrangement (14 star circle with the 15th star in the center).[7]
The crest of the Navy cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63) features the 3rd Maryland star pattern in the foreground, as well as two Cowpens flags in the background.
Notes
- ISBN 144085789X.
- ^ This claim was made by William's son, Joshua Batchelor, and is disputed. See "Joshua F. Batchelor". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b Leepson, 28
- ^ a b Furlong, 133
- ^ Mastai, pg 39, offers the possibility that the 3rd Maryland flag was a regimental banner, not a national flag.
- ^ Cooper, 28
- ^ Mastai, 44
Sources
- Cooper, Grace Rogers (1973). Thirteen Star Flags. Smithsonian Institution Press.جعفر Available online (21.7 MB).
- Furlong, William Rea; ISBN 0-87474-448-2.
- Leepson, Marc (2004). Flag: An American Biography. ISBN 0-312-32308-5
- Mastai, Boleslaw and Marie-Louise D'Otrange (1973). The Stars and the Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ISBN 0-394-47217-9
External links
- Cowpens Flag at CRW Flags.
- Historical flags at USHistory.org
- Maryland State Archives list (dated 1940-1941) of flags in collection[permanent dead link]