2nd South Carolina Regiment Shirt Lee who promoted him to Colonel

who promoted him to Colonel early on and assigned him to command cavalry units of the Army of the Shenandoah

December 22-31

From 1811 to 1812

but its flag had evidently graduated to use as the regimental battle flag of the 42ndwhen it was captured

2nd South Carolina Regiment Shirt Lee who promoted him to ColonelDesign based on the surviving flag of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. The regiment was issued two flags of the same pattern, one in red and one in blue. On October 9, 1779, the blue colors were lost in the Battle of Spring Hill Redoubt during the French and American Siege of Savannah. Four color bearers were lost in the action. A Captain in the Royal American Regiment wrote "at the assault on Spring Hill redoubt, Lieutenant Bush being wounded handed