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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 55: (search)
d the Queen's Own Loyal Virginia regiment; the other of negroes, to be called Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian regiment. Connolly was arrested in Maryland in November; and thus the movements at the west were prevented. At Dunmore's proclamation a thrill of indignation ran through Virginia, effacing all differences of party; and rousing one strong impassioned purpose to drive away the insolent power by which it had been put forth. Instead of a regiment on the king's side from the backwoods, William Campbell and Gibson were on the march from Fincastle and West Augusta, with patriotic rifle companies, composed of as fine men as ever were seen. In the valley of the Blue Ridge the different congregations of Germans, quickened by the preaching of Muhlenburg, were animated with one heart, and stood ready at the first summons to take up arms for the defence of the men of the low country, regardless of their different lineage and tongue. The general congress promptly invited Virginia, as it ha
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 58: (search)
sixty fifth year, was to command the army as brigadier; Chap. LVII.} 1776. Feb. next him in rank was Donald Macleod. The first return to Martin represented that the loyalists were in high spirits; that their force would amount even to six thousand men; that they were well furnished with wagons and horses; and that by the twentieth or twenty fifth of February at furthest they would be in possession of Wilmington, and within reach of the king's ships. On receiving their commission, William Campbell, Neil MacArthur, and Donald Macleod issued circular letters, inviting all their associates to meet on the fifth of February at Cross Creek, or, as it is now called, Fayetteville. At the appointed time all the Scots appeared, and four only of the rest. The Scots, who could promise no more than seven hundred men, advised to await the arrival of the British troops; the other royalists, who boasted that they could bring out five thousand, of whom five hundred were already embodied, prevai
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 62: (search)
long continued to be delayed by contrary winds; and not till the third of May, after a passage of more than eighty days, did Sir Peter Parker, Cornwallis, and such ships as kept them company, enter Cape Fear River. Most of the transports had arrived before them. All joined to lament the fatal delays. What was to be done with the formidable armament, was the first question for deliberation. Clinton inclined to look into the Chesapeake, which would bring him nearer New York; but Lord William Campbell earnestly urged upon Sir Peter Parker an attack on Charleston; and as intelligence was received, that Chap. LXII.} 1776. May. the works erected by the rebels on Sullivan's Island which was the key to the harbor, were in an imperfect and unfinished state, Clinton was induced to acquiesce in the proposal of the commodore to attempt the reduction of that fortress by a sudden attack, to be followed up by such other immediate efforts as might be invited by a moral certainty of rapid su
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 66: (search)
or were buried in the sand within the fort. At about a quarter to eleven, the Active, of twenty eight guns, disregarding four or five shots fired at her while under sail; the Bristol, with fifty guns, having on board Sir Peter Parker and Lord William Campbell, the governor; the Experiment, also of fifty guns; and the Solebay, of twenty eight, brought up within about three hundred and fifty yards of the fort, let go their anchors with springs upon their cables, and began a most furious cannonadIn one half of an hour after they abandoned her, she blew up, and to the eyes of the Carolinians, the pillar of smoke, as it rose over the vessel, took the form of the palmetto. The Bristol had forty men killed and seventy one wounded. Lord William Campbell received a contusion in his left side, and, after suffering two years, died from its effects. Sir Peter Parker was slightly injured. About seventy balls went through his ship; her mizzenmast was so much hurt that it fell early the next
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 67: (search)
ty first the confederated tribes gave each other pledges to observe a strict neutrality in the present quarrel. Nothing amazed them more than the flight of the British from Boston. For four months Wooster remained the highest officer in Canada. All accounts agree that he was unfit, totally unfit for so important a station, which he had never sought, and which he desired to surrender to an officer of higher rank. Yet he did some things well; in the early part of his command he arrested Campbell, the Indian agent of the British, and La Corne St. Luc, and sent them out of the province. Like a true New England man, he allowed each parish to choose its own officers, thus introducing the system of self-government in towns. He also intended to employ committees of safety and committees of correspondence, and thus lead the way to a Canadian convention, which might send delegates to the general congress. When a friend wished he might enter Quebec through its gates, Not so, but over its
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
he survivors to Savannah. Immediately after his return, on the twenty-third Dec. 23. of December, three thousand men, despatched from New York under Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, arrived off the island of Tybee; and soon afterwards, passing the bar, approached Savannah. Relying on the difficulties of the ground, Howe offered reparties had been called to take part in the expedition. Germain to Prevost, 13 March, 1779. Compare Ibid., 8 March, 1779. Flushed with his rapid success, Campbell promised protection to the inhabitants, but only on condition that they would support the royal government with their arms. In this way the people of the low co 1779, Brigadier-General Prevost 1779. Jan. marched as a conqueror across lower Georgia to Savannah, reducing Sunbury on the way and capturing its garrison; and Campbell, with eight hundred regulars, took possession of Augusta. The province appearing to be restored to the crown, plunder became the chief thought of the British ar
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 16: (search)
hundred backwoodsmen under the command of Colonel William Campbell, brother-in-law of Patrick Henry; and in aJohn Sevier. Shelby despatched a messenger to William Campbell on the forks of Holston; and the field-officere regiments from the west of the Alleghanies under Campbell, Shelby, and Sevier, and the North Carolina fugitiend them a general officer; till he should arrive, Campbell was chosen to act as commandant. Ferguson, who the western army, so they called themselves, under Campbell, already more than thirteen hundred strong, marchtreme danger was assigned to the column formed by Campbell's regiment on the right Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. cee discovered. The two centre columns, headed by Campbell and Shelby, climbing the mountain, began the attac. The British regulars with fixed bayonets charged Campbell; and his riflemen, who had no bayonets, were oblig Protocol of the officers; about ten minutes, Colonel W. Campbell to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 20 Oct., 1780; ab
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 23: (search)
0. country. Here is a fine field and great glory ahead. Johnson's Greene, i. 104. On the same day the famous Colonel William Campbell was asked to bring without loss of time a thousand good volunteers from over the mountains. A like letter was ad hurry his determined mind. He waited till in March he was joined by the south-west Virginia March. militia under William Campbell, by another brigade of militia from Virginia under General Lawson, by two from North Carolina under Butler and Eatonmore than twice, very few more than once, and near one-half not at all. Greene in Letters to Washington, 266. Lee and Campbell with their troops were separated from the main army, which they did not rejoin till the next day. Without pausing to treat of his army. The last as well as the first in the engagement were the riflemen of Chap. XXIII.} 1781. March 15. Campbell, who continued firing from tree to tree till they were compelled to fly by the cavalry of Tarleton. After the Americans
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 24: (search)
ut reserves. Of the two Virginia regiments, that under Hawes formed the extreme right, that of Campbell the right centre; of the two Maryland regiments, that of Ford occupied the extreme left, that ot, Greene, with full confidence in gaining the victory, ordered Ford's regiment on the left and Campbell's on the right to wheel respectively on their flanks, the regiments of Hawes and Gunby to charging their orders, only replied by a loose scattering fire. On the other flank, the regiment of Campbell, composed of new troops, could not stand the brunt of the enemy, though they could be rallied aNorth Carolina, led by General Sumner; of an equal number of Virginians, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell; and of two hundred and fifty Marylanders, under Otho Williams. Long and gallantly dmbers, they were sustained by the North Carolina brigade under Sumner; and the Virginians under Campbell, and the Marylanders under Williams, charged with the bayonet. The British were routed. On a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
d the redoubt was in the same moment enveloped and carried in every part. Lieutenant Mansfield conducted the vanguard with coolness and punctuality, and was wounded with a bayonet as he entered the work. Captain Olney led the first platoon of Gimat's battalion over the abatis and palisades, and gained the parapet, receiving two bayonet wounds in the thigh and in the body, but not till he had directed his men to form. Laurens was among the foremost to enter the work, making prisoner of Major Campbell, its commanding officer. Animated by his example, the battalion of Gimat overcame every obstacle by their order and resolution. The battalion under Major Fish advanced with such celerity as to participate in the assault. Incapable of imitating precedents of barbarity, the Americans spared every man that ceased to resist; so that the killed and wounded of the enemy did not exceed eight. The conduct of the affair brought conspicuous honor to the talents and gallantry of Hamilton. Pr
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