In this quite famous painting by John Trumbull depicting Lord Cornwallis surrendering to General Washington,
I found it interesting the arrangement of stars on the flag.
Twelve stars in a rectangle around the perimeter and one in the middle.

Considering Trumbull was about 27 years old at the time, I'm sure his depiction of the flag comes from a contemporary source.

I've never seen this design before. Does anyone else know anything about it? Thanks!



Nothing about it on this wiki page

The Cowpens Flag. Carried by the 3rd Maryland Reg.

Probably right. although that flag is circular and Trumbull definitely painted it rectangular.
The 3rd Maryland was at Yorktown after all and Trumbull could have painted it from a written description alone, accounting for the inaccuracy.

Thanks for the reply.