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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14: (search)
sides it lay upon the water; and, for its complete investment, an enemy who commanded the sea needed only to occupy the neck between the Cooper and the Ashley rivers. It had neither citadel, nor fort, nor ramparts, nor stone, nor materials for building anything more than field-works of loose sand, kept together by boards and logs. The ground to be defended within the limits of the city was very extensive; and Lincoln commanded less than two Feb. 3. thousand effective men. On the third of February, 1780, the general assembly of South Carolina intrusted the executive of the state with power to do all things necessary to secure its liberty, safety, and happiness, except taking away the life of a citizen without legal trial. South Carolina, Statutes at Large, IV. 505. But the calls on the militia were little heeded; the defeat before Savannah had disheartened the people. The southern part of the state needed all its men for its own protection; the middle part was disaffected; the f