The Battle of San Jacinto

McArdle's Memoranda on Texas Flags

McArdle on flags

McArdle's Notes on Flags

	White Star Red Grid [?]		Made at Harrisburgh [sic] in 1835 (1)
	Blue Star White Grid		Georgia battalion (2) Raised by Fannin at Goliad
	Blue field Painted Goddess of liberty Gold fringe		(3) The only flag at the battle of San Jacinto
	Permanent flag adopted Jany 39 (1)		The present “Lone Star Flag”
	(1) (2)	Capt. (or Lieut?) Dodson's Flag(?). See Mrs. Looscan's article "History & Evolution of Texas Flag" in Comprehensive History of Texas (Wooten's Ed) Vol. 1, p 693.
		See also: Jas. S. McGahey's Flag (1835) and his letter of Sept 18/1885 to McArdle and accompanying drawing and newspaper article, all in this Volume.
San Jacinto Flag:	(3)	See also: Complete data in this Volume — letters and affidavits from Ed Miles and Mrs. Menard authentic- cating McArdle's representation in his painting "The Battle of San Jacinto" of the so-called "San Jacinto Flag" or "Sherman Flag."
Alamo Flag "Flag of 1824"		See also: Reuben M. Potter on Flag of 1824 — so called "Alamo Flag" — in Potter's article “The Texas Revolution,” in Magazine of American History, Oct 1878, reprint in ____ ____ . See pp 7 and 8 of Potter article.

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