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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
did not approve anything that the Congress did. They were regarded by the patriots as public enemies, and were kept under constant watch by committees of inspection and observation in every county. They were subject to arrest and imprisonment—even to banishment; and in many instances their property was confiscated. The Congress surely did not speak in the name of the Tories, nor by their authority. The Articles of Confederation, under the provisions of which the Congress acted after March 2, 1781, recognized as its constituency only the free inhabitants of each of these States. Slaves, though constituting nearly, if not quite, 16 per cent. of the population, were not reckoned among the political forces to be respected. Indians, likewise, were excluded. The Constitution of the United States opens thus: We, the people of the United States . . . do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. But not more than two-thirds of the population we
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pyle, defeat of (search)
of his approach, and, assuming the person of Tarleton, requested him to draw up his corps on one side of the road, that his wearied troops might pass without delay. The order, or request, was obeyed. Lee intended, when be should secure the complete advantage of Pyle, to reveal himself and give his Tory corps the choice, after being disarmed, to join the patriot army or return home. He had ordered Pickens to conceal his riflemen near. Just as Lee (as Tarleton) rode along Pyle's line (March 2, 1781), and had grasped the hand of the latter in an apparently friendly salute, some of the loyalists discovered Pickens's riflemen. Perceiving that they were betrayed, they commenced firing upon the rear-guard of the cavalry, commanded by Captain Eggleston. That officer instantly turned upon the foe, and the movement was followed by the whole column. A terrible fight and slaughter ensued. Of the loyalists, ninety were killed and a large portion of the remainder wounded in a brief space o
The Daily Dispatch: March 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two extracts from revolutionary History. (search)
gainst plundering. He desires that the orders given on the 28th January, 4th February, and the 16th February, may be read at the head of each troop and company on each of the three first halting days, and he assures the officers, that if their duty to their King and country, and their feelings for humanity, are not sufficient to enforce their obedience to them, he must, however reluctant, make use of such power as the military laws have placed in his hands. Brigade morning Orders, 2d March, 1781. A foraging party, consisting of one officer, two sergeants, two corporals, and twenty-four privates, to assemble at the guns this morning at 8 o'clock with the battalion horses. Notwithstanding every order, every entreaty, that Lord Cornwallis has given to the army to prevent the shameful practice of plundering and distressing the country, and those orders backed by every effort that can have been made by Brigadier General O'Hara, he is shocked to find this evil still prevails