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Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess.
In 1817 it was incorporated a city, and was for many years the most important inland place in the State.
The population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans were anxious to make him a prisoner.
He refused to surrender.
A regular siege began May 23, and continued unti
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Savannah River (United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess.
In 1817 it was incorporated a city, and was for many years the most important inland place in the State.
The population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Richmond County (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess.
In 1817 it was incorporated a city, and was for many years the most important inland place in the State.
The population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans
James Edward Oglethorpe (search for this): entry augusta
Augusta,
City and county-seat of Richmond county, Ga.; on the Savannah River at the head of steamboat navigation; 120 miles northwest of Savannah.
It is one of the largest and most progressive manufacturing cities in the South.
It was founded by English settlers under Oglethorpe, and received the name of an English princess.
In 1817 it was incorporated a city, and was for many years the most important inland place in the State.
The population in 1890 was 33,300; in 1900, 39,441.
When Cornwallis proceeded to subjugate South Carolina, he sent Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, a Tory leader, to hold Augusta.
Over this garrison Pickens and Clarke had kept watch, and when, on May 20, 1781, they were joined by Lee and his legion, they proceeded to invest the fort there.
They took Fort Galphin, 12 miles below, on the 21st, and then an officer was sent to demand the surrender of Augusta.
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown was one of the most cruel of the Tories in that region, and the partisans
Charles Lee (search for this): entry augusta
James P. Clarke (search for this): entry augusta