"As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause."
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Savannah Morning News (23 April 1863), As quoted in Our Flag: Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States of America (1872), by George Henry Preble, Albany: Joel Munsell, pp. 416–417
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William Tappan Thompson
William Tappan Thompson (31 August 1812 – 24 March 1882) was an Ohioan writer and newspaper editor during the 19th century. During the American Civil War, he worked in Georgia as a newspaper editor and supported the Confederacy. After the war ended, he supported the Democratic Party and opposed the Republican Party's civil rights efforts. He died in Georgia in March 1882.
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