This version of the US flag was said to have been carried by William Batchelor • The first
Stars and Stripes flag constructed in Maryland was made in 1782, at least a year after the Battle of Cowpens. • The fabric and construction technique match other 19th century flags. A Smithsonian publication acknowledges that the Cowpens design may date to the
American Revolution, but the actual flag held at Maryland dates no earlier than 1843. The
flag of Easton, Pennsylvania reverses the 3rd Maryland design, with the star wreath on the field of the flag, and the 13 red and white stripes in the canton. The star pattern was popular enough to see continued use in 15-star flags as the nation began to grow. A surviving military commission signed by
Thomas Jefferson in 1808 shows a 15-star flag and a 15-star Navy jack, both using the 3rd Maryland star arrangement (14 star circle with the 15th star in the center). One of the American flags flown by the
USS Constitution had the same pattern. During the
Mexican-American War the Battalion of Maryland and District of Columbia Volunteers carried a flag very similar in design. The crest of the Navy cruiser
USS Cowpens (CG-63) features the 3rd Maryland star pattern in the foreground, as well as two Cowpens flags in the background. == Notes ==