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2 gru 2023 · Liberty Flag – San Jacinto. The Liberty flag was the only confirmed Texian battle flag that flew at the Battle of San Jacinto. It was presented to the Newport Rifle Company by Catherine Sherman, the wife of Colonel Sidney Sherman, in late 1835, shortly before they left Kentucky for Texas.
The earliest known map of the San Jacinto campaign roughly showing the routes of the Texan and Mexican armies from Gonzales to San Jacinto battleground (marked "Battle"). Texas army campsites are identified as shaded circles along the route.
“The flag is made of white silk with the painted figure of a partially bare-breasted woman grasping in one hand a sword over which is draped a streamer with the words “Liberty or Death”. Probably based on Eugene Delacroix’s painting “Liberty Leading the People.”
Present Day aerial view of San Jacinto battleground area. This area is now the San Jacinto Battleground State Park and State Historic Site (image source: ESRI). Site also contains Battleship Texas (zoom in to upper left to see).
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1 paź 1995 · The San Jacinto battle flag, brought to Texas by Sidney Sherman, was allegedly painted by James H. Beard and presented to the Newport (Kentucky) Rifle Company by Katherine Isabelle (Cox) Sherman, Sherman's wife. The flag is made of white silk with the painted figure of a partially bare-breasted woman grasping in one hand a sword over which is ...
31 lip 2020 · The Newport Rifles Flag 1836. image from Pete Loeser, 27 July 2020. This was the banner the Texans carried at the turning point of their War for Independence. Santa Anna's army of over 6,000 men had swept across Texas to the grassy plains of San Jacinto.
