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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 58: (search)
the liberties of mankind. You declare sentiments of revolt, hostility, and rebellion to the king and to the constitution, was Macdonald's prompt answer; as a soldier in his majesty's service, it is my duty to conquer, if I cannot reclaim, all those who may be hardy enough to take up arms against the best of masters. But knowing that Caswell, at the head of the gallant minute men of Newbern, and others to the number of six or eight hundred, was marching through Chap. LVII.} 1775. Feb. Duplin county, to effect a junction with Moore, Macdonald became aware of the extremity of his danger; cut off from the direct road along the Cape Fear, he resolved to leave the army at Rockfish in his rear, and by celerity of movement, and crossing rivers at unexpected places, to disengage himself from that larger force, and encounter the party with Caswell alone. Before marching, he urged his men to fidelity, expressed bitter scorn of the base cravens who had deserted the night before; and continue