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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
Chap. XIII.} 1779. ern command by Major-General Benjamin Lincoln. In private life this officer wasd: the rest were pardoned. On hearing that Lincoln from ill health had asked of congress leave thoice, but he was not consulted. The army of Lincoln, whose offer to retire was not accepted, was it had but one approach. The British amused Lincoln by a feint, while Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost . So quickly was one-fourth of the troops of Lincoln lost. The British captured seven pieces of cge had assembled great numbers at Orangeburg, Lincoln, who had neither the means of conducting a sihe British, having intercepted a letter from Lincoln,—in which he charged Moultrie Chap. XIII.} 1The Carolina militia returned to their homes; Lincoln, left with but about eight hundred men, passey-third of September when the Americans under Lincoln joined the French in the siege of the city. fled to the backwoods or across the river. Lincoln repaired to Charleston, and was followed by w[1 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14: (search)
nded within the limits of the city was very extensive; and Lincoln commanded less than two Feb. 3. thousand effective men. Ovage tribes. Yet, without taking counsel of his officers, Lincoln, reluctant to abandon public property which he had not meat to defend the town ought to have been relinquished. But Lincoln was intent only on strengthening its fortifications. Settlands. The delay brought greater disasters on the state. Lincoln used the time to draw into Charleston all the resources ofed, Clinton and Arbuthnot summoned the town to surrender. Lincoln answered: From duty and inclination I shall support the togover-nor, with five of the council. On the same morning, Lincoln for the first time called a council of war, and, revealingr on their safety depends the salvation of the state. But Lincoln only invited them to consider the measure maturely, till terican works, ready to assault the town by land and water, Lincoln signed a capitulation. A proposal to allow the men of Sou
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
in maintaining order and harmony. In his camp at Buffalo ford on Deep river, while he was still doubting how to direct his march, he received news of measures adopted by congress for the southern campaign. Washington wished Greene to succeed Lincoln; congress, not asking his advice and not ignorant of his opinion, on the thirteenth of June unanimously ap- 13. pointed Gates to the command of the southern army, and constituted him independent of the commanderin-chief. He received his ordersd it for supplies; of himself alone appoint all staff-officers; and take such measures as he should think most proper for the defence of the south. From his plantation in Virginia, Gates made his acknowledgment to congress without elation; to Lincoln he wrote in modest and affectionate language. His first important act was the request to congress for the appointment of Morgan as a brigadier-general in the continental service, and in this he was supported by Jefferson and Rutledge. He enjoi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
extracted; and in six hours the cannon again took part in the fire which enfiladed the British works. On the seventeenth, Cornwallis, who could neither Chap. XXV.} 1781. Oct. 18. hold his post nor escape into the country, proposed to surrender. On the eighteenth, Colonel Laurens and the Viscount de Noailles as commissioners on the American side met two high officers of the army of Cornwallis to draft the capitulation. The articles were the same as those which Clinton had imposed upon Lincoln at Charleston. All the troops were to be prisoners of war; all public property was to be delivered up. Runaway slaves and the plunder taken by officers and soldiers in their marches through the country might be reclaimed by their owners; otherwise, private property was to be respected. All royalists were abandoned to trial by their own countrymen. But in the packet which took the despatches to Sir Henry Clinton, Cornwallis conveyed away such persons as were most obnoxious to the laws of