1. COLONIAL FLAG. used chiefly by Colonies of New England previous to Revolutionary War. 3. PINE-TREE FLAG OF THE NAVY, used by the American ships early in Revolutionary War.

5. FIRST NATIONAL FLAG, used in 1776, before the Declaration of Independ 6. THE PRESENT "STAR SPANGLED BANNER." The stripes signify the origi

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ndependence. The thirteen stripes signified the thirteen colonies.

he original thirteen colonies; and the stars, the present number of States.

still distracted the country, this engagement closed the long and fiercely fought contest at the South.*

Campaign at the North.-The traitor Arnold, burning with hatred, led an expedition into Virginia. He conducted the war with great brutality, burning private as well as public property. La Fayette was sent to check him, but with his small forcet could accomplish little. Cornwallis, arriving from the South, now took Arnold's place, and continued this marauding tour. Clinton, however, fearing Washington, who seemed to threaten New York, directed Cornwallis to keep near the sea-coast so as to be ready to help him. Cornwallis, accordingly, after having destroyed ten million dollars worth of property, fortified himself at Yorktown.

Siege of Yorktown.-It was arranged to attack Cornwallis at this place by the combined American‡ and French forces. Washington, by a feint on New York, kept Clinton in the dark regarding his plans until he was far on his way §

* At the battle of Eutaw, Manning, a noted soldier of Lee's legion, was in hot pursuit of the flying British, when he suddenly found himself surrounded by the enemy, and not an American within forty rods. He did not hesitate, but, seizing an officer by the collar, and wresting his sword from him by main force, kept his body as a shield while, under a heavy fire, he rapidly backed off from the perilous neighborhood. The frightened British officer when thus summarily captured, began immediately to enumerate his titles: "I am Sir Henry Barry, deputy adjutant-general, captain in 52d regiment,” etc., etc. "Enough," interrupted his captor; "you are just the man I was looking for."

+ La Fayette's men, being chiefly from New England, dreaded the Southern climate, but when their beloved general appealed to their honor and offered to discharge any who wished, not one would abandon him. At Baltimore, he borrowed $10,000 to buy hats and shoes, and linen from which the Baltimore women made summer garments for his troops.-Among those who now joined La Fayette, was Baron Steuben, who had been active in organizing the Virginia militia to beat back the British. Steuben was a veteran from the army of Frederick the Great, and tendered his services as a volunteer at Valley Forge. With indefatigable zeal, he sought to introduce thorough discipline and European tactics among the ragged patriots.

During the preceding winter, Robert Morris sent to the starving army several thousand barrels of flour. He now issued his own notes for $1,400,000 to furnish supplies for this expedition. It is sad that this patriot, so often the resource of Washington, lost his fortune in his old age, and was confined in prison for debt.

§ Washington, while en route, visited Mount Vernon, which he had not seen for nearly six years and a half, yet he remained only about two days.