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West Indies (search for this): chapter 15
by English and Hessian commissaries of captures, amounted to about three hundred thousand pounds sterling, so that the dividend of a major-general exceeded four thousand guineas. There was no restraint on private Chap. XIV.} 1780. May. rapine; the silver plate of the planters was carried off; all negroes that had belonged to rebels were seized, even though they had themselves sought an asylum within the British lines; and at one embarkation two thousand were shipped to a market in the West Indies. British officers thought more of amassing fortunes than of reuniting the empire. The patriots were not allowed to appoint attorneys to manage or to sell their estates. A sentence of confiscation hung over the whole land, and British protection was granted only in return for the unconditional promise of loyalty. For six weeks all opposition ceased in South Carolina. One expedition was sent by Clinton up the Savannah to encourage the loyal and reduce the disaffected in the neighborho
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
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 frontiers were menaced by savage tribes. Yet, without taking counsel of his officers, Lincoln, reluctant to abandon public property which he had not means to transport, yielded to the threats and urgency of the inhabi- Chap. XIV.} 1780. Feb. 26. tants of Charleston, and remained in their city, which no experienced engineer regarded as tenable. On
West Branch Cooper River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
nce was worth but five per cent of its nominal value. The town, like the country, was flat and low. On three 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 same morning, Lincoln for the first time called a council of war, and, revealing to its members his want of resources, suggested an evacuation. We should not lose an hour, said Mackintosh, in attempting to get the continental troops over the Cooper river; for on their safety depends the salvation of the state. But Lincoln only invited them to consider the measure maturely, till the time when he should send for them again. Simms's South Carolina in the Revolution, 122. Before he met them ag
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
: The siege of Charleston. 1779-1780. South Carolina moved onward to independence Chap. XIV.} 1779.r Christmas, 1779, set sail for the conquest of South Carolina. The admiral led the van into the adverse currhird of February, 1780, the general assembly of South Carolina intrusted the executive of the state with powery the life of a citizen without legal trial. South Carolina, Statutes at Large, IV. 505. But the calls on t when he should send for them again. Simms's South Carolina in the Revolution, 122. Before he met them agaia capitulation. A proposal to allow the men of South Carolina, who did not choose to reside under British rulfered their congratulations on the reduction of South Carolina, were counted and paroled as prisoners. In thialty. For six weeks all opposition ceased in South Carolina. One expedition was sent by Clinton up the Savar their services in arms. There are few men in South Carolina who are not either our prisoners or in arms wit
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ir own heroic courage and self-devotion, having suffered more, and dared more, and achieved more than the men of any other state. Sir Henry Clinton, in whose mind his failure be- Chap. XIV.} 1779. fore Charleston in 1776 still rankled, resolved in person to carry out the order for its reduction. In August, an English fleet commanded by Arbuthnot, an old and inefficient admiral, brought him reenforce-ments and stores; in September, fifteen hundred men arrived from Ireland; in October, Rhode Island was evacuated, and the troops which had so long been stationed there in inactivity were incorporated into his army. It had been the intention of Clinton to embark in time to acquire Charleston before the end of the year. The appearance of the superior fleet of d'estaing and the uncertainty of its destination held him at bay, till he became assured that the French had sailed for Europe. Leaving the command in New York to the veteran Knyphausen, Clinton, in the extreme cold of the seve
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
t sail for the conquest of South Carolina. The admiral led the van into the adverse current of the gulf stream; glacial storms scattered the fleet; an ordnance vessel foundered; American privateers 1780. Jan. captured some of the transports; a bark, carrying Hessian troops, lost its masts, was driven by gales across the ocean, and broke in pieces just as it had landed its famished passengers near St. Ives in England. Most of the horses perished. Few of the transports arrived at Tybee in Georgia, the place of rendezvous, before the end of January. After the junction of the troops, Clinton had ten thousand men under his command; and yet he instantly ordered from New York Lord Rawdon's brigade of eight reg- Chap. XIV.} 1780. Jan. iments, or about three thousand more. Charleston was an opulent town of fifteen thousand inhabitants, free and slave, including a large population of traders and others, strongly attached to England and hating independence. The city, which was not des
Beaufort, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
no resistance, sued for quarter. None was granted. A hundred and thirteen were killed on the spot; a hundred and fifty were too badly hacked to be moved; fifty-three only could be brought into Camden as prisoners. The tidings of this massacre carried through the southern forests mingled horror and anger; but Tarleton received from Cornwallis the highest encomiums. The universal panic consequent on the capture of Charleston had suspended all resistance to the British army. The men of Beaufort, of Ninety-Six, and of Camden, had capitulated under the promise of security. They believed that they were to be treated as neutrals, or as prisoners on parole. There remained to them no possibility of flight with their families; and if they were inclined to take up arms, there was no American army around which they could rally. The attempt was now made to crush the spirit of independence in the heart of a people of courage and honor, to drive every man of Carolina into active service
Gadsden (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
. On the ninth, Arbuthnot, taking advantage of a 9. gentle east wind, brought his ships into the harbor, without suffering from Fort Moultrie or returning its fire. The next day, the first parallel being com- 10. pleted, Clinton and Arbuthnot summoned the town to surrender. Lincoln answered: From duty and inclination I shall support the town to the last extremity. On the thirteenth, the American officers insisted 13. that Governor Rutledge should withdraw from Charleston, leaving Gadsden, the lieutenantgover-nor, with five of the council. On the same morning, Lincoln for the first time called a council of war, and, revealing to its members his want of resources, suggested an evacuation. We should not lose an hour, said Mackintosh, in attempting to get the continental troops over the Cooper river; for on their safety depends the salvation of the state. But Lincoln only invited them to consider the measure maturely, till the time when he should send for them again. Simm
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ritish officers thought more of amassing fortunes than of reuniting the empire. The patriots were not allowed to appoint attorneys to manage or to sell their estates. A sentence of confiscation hung over the whole land, and British protection was granted only in return for the unconditional promise of loyalty. For six weeks all opposition ceased in South Carolina. One expedition was sent by Clinton up the Savannah to encourage the loyal and reduce the disaffected in the neighborhood of Augusta; another proceeded for the like purpose to the district of Ninety-Six, where Williamson surrendered his post and accepted British protection; Pickens was reduced to inactivity; alone of the leaders of the patriot militia, Colonel James Williams escaped pursuit and preserved his freedom of action. Fanning's Narrative, 11 and 12. A third and larger party under Cornwallis moved across the Santee towards Camden. The rear of the old Virginia line, commanded by Colonel Buford, arriving too la
Fort Moultrie (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ndred veterans, entered Charleston, having in twenty-eight days marched five hundred miles to certain captivity. On the ninth, Arbuthnot, taking advantage of a 9. gentle east wind, brought his ships into the harbor, without suffering from Fort Moultrie or returning its fire. The next day, the first parallel being com- 10. pleted, Clinton and Arbuthnot summoned the town to surrender. Lincoln answered: From duty and inclination I shall support the town to the last extremity. On the thirornwallis had arrived with nearly three 19. thousand men from New York; and the British had occupied the peninsula from the Cooper to the Wando; so that an evacuation was no longer pos- Chap. XIV.} 1780. May 6. sible. On the sixth of May, Fort Moultrie surrendered without firing a gun. That field intrenchments supported a siege for six weeks, was due to the caution of the besiegers more than to the vigor of the defence, which languished from an almost general disaffection of the citizens.
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