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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 66: (search)
e bravest veterans, they stuck to their guns with the greatest constancy. Hit by a ball which entered through an embrasure, Macdaniel cried out to his brother soldiers: I am dying, but don't let the cause of liberty expire with me this day. Jasper removed the mangled corpse from the sight of his comrades, and cried aloud: Let us revenge that brave man's death. The slow, intermitted fire which was skilfully directed against the commodore and the brave seamen on board the Bristol, shatternew-born commonwealth; Chap. LXVI.} 1776. July. and when, in the name of South Carolina, he returned thanks to the defenders, his burning words gushed forth with an eloquence that adequately expressed the impassioned gratitude of the people. To Jasper he offered a lieutenant's commission, which Jasper modestly declined, accepting only a sword. South Carolina, by her president and the common voice, spontaneously decreed that the post on Sullivan's Island should, for all future time, be known