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The Raising of the American Flag and Taking Possession of California by Commodore John Drake Sloat, U.S. Navy B&W lithograph, 1902 Courtesy Bancroft Library, The University of California at Berkeley In the first naval action of the war, Commodore Sloat led the Pacific Squadron into Monterey Harbor in northern California. When he raised the Stars and Stripes without opposition, the Bear Flag Republic ceased to exist. |