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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
the commissioners, as representatives of Britain, thought fit, in a communication to congress sealed with the image of a fond mother caressing her children, J. Laurens to his father, 11 June, 1778. to recognise the constituency of congress as states, and pressed them to accept Chap. IV.} 1778. June. perfect freedom of legisf this? Abashed and confused, Lee stammered: Sir—Sir, and to the renewed inquiry answered: You know that the attack was contrary to my advice and opinion. John Laurens to his father, 30 June, 1778, Ms. Washington rejoined: Chap. IV.} 1778. June 28. You should not have undertaken the command, unless you intended to carry it tacity. Trial of Lee. ordered him to the rear. Lee gladly left the field, believing that the Americans would be utterly Chap. IV.} 1778. June 28. beaten. Even Laurens hoped for no more than an orderly retreat, and Hamilton's thought was to die on the spot. But Washington's self-possession, his inspiring mien, his exposure of h
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
aign might depend on the slaves. No sooner was the danger of South Carolina known in the camp of Washington, than young Laurens was impatient to fly to his native state, and levy and command a regiment of blacks. Alexander Hamilton recommended theing three thousand of them under command of white officers. A few days before the British came near Charleston, young Laurens arrived, bringing no relief from the north beyond the advice of congress for the Carolinians to save themselves by armino all others, the condition of prisoners of war. The council, at its next meeting, debated giving up the town; Moultrie, Laurens, and Pulaski, who were called in, declared that they had men enough to beat the invaders; and yet against the voice of Gong to Great Britain or remain one of the United States to be determined by the treaty of peace between the two powers. Laurens, being called upon to bear this message, scornfully refused, and another was selected. The British general declined to
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14: (search)
is had arrived with nearly three 19. thousand men from New York; and the British had occupied the peninsula from the Cooper to the Wando; so that an evacuation was no longer pos- Chap. XIV.} 1780. May 6. sible. On the sixth of May, Fort Moultrie surrendered without firing a gun. That field intrenchments supported a siege for six weeks, was due to the caution of the besiegers more than to the vigor of the defence, which languished from an almost general disaffection of the citizens. John Laurens to his father, 25 May, 1780. On the twelfth, after the British had mounted can- 12. non in their third parallel, had crossed the wet ditch and advanced within twenty-five yards of the American works, ready to assault the town by land and water, Lincoln signed a capitulation. A proposal to allow the men of South Carolina, who did not choose to reside under British rule, twelve months to dispose of their property, was not accepted. The continental troops and sailors became prisoners