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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 18 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 8 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 66: (search)
red to meet the invaders at the water's edge, trusting in Providence and preferring death to slavery. In the fort, William Jasper, a sergeant, perceived that the flag had been cut down by a ball from the enemy, and had fallen over the ramparts. C Moultrie, don't let us fight without a flag. What can you do? asked Moultrie; the staff is broken off. Then, said Jasper, I'll fix it on a halberd, and place it on the merlon of the bastion next the enemy; and leaping through an embrasure, autledge came to visit the July. garrison. There stood Moultrie, there Motte, there Marion, there Peter Horry, there William Jasper, and all the survivors of the battle. Rutledge was happy in having insisted on holding possession of the fort; happythat adequately expressed the impassioned gratitude of the people. To Jasper he offered a lieutenant's commission, which Jasper modestly declined, accepting only a sword. South Carolina, by her president and the common voice, spontaneously decree