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SOUTH CAROLINA, FLAG OF. "As there was no national flag at the time [Sept. 1775]," wrote William Moultrie in his Memoirs, "I was desired by the [Charleston] Council of Safety to have one made, upon which, as the state troops were clothed in blue, and the fort [Fort Johnson on James Island] 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…. This was the first American flag displayed in the South."

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Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence. 2 vols. New York: Harper & Bros., 1851–52.

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