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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
-1779. The plan for the southern campaign of 1778 was Chap. XIII.} 1778. prepared by Germain with great minuteness of detail. Pensacola was to be strengthened by a thousand men from New York. On the banks of the Mississippi, near the channel of Iberville, a considerable post was to be established by the commander in West Florida, partly to protect property and trade, but more to preserve the communication with the Indian nations. Germain to the officer commanding in West Florida, 1 July, 1778. From the army at New York men were to be detached, sufficient for the conquest and permanent occupation of Georgia and South Carolina, where the American custom of calling out the militia for short periods of service was to be introduced. The Florida rangers and a party of Indians were to attack the southern frontier, while the British agent was to Chap. XIII.} 1778. bring down a large body of savages towards Augusta. A line of communication was to be established across South and Nor