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Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
tal troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000 New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750 Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000 New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,969scued from the British power. But the trials of this successful leader reveal, in a striking manner, the weakness of the slaveholding State which he saved. Some of these are graphically presented in his letters. Writing to Governor Reed, of Pennsylvania, under date of 3d May, 1781, he says:— Those whose true interest it was to have informed Congress and the people to the northward of the real state of things, have joined in the deception, and magnified the strength and resour
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
the Union. On this occasion Fisher Ames, a Representative from Massachusetts, memorable for his classic eloquence, moved a call upon the Warilitia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Cohe disparity swells when we directly compare South Carolina and Massachusetts. Of continental troops, and authenticated militia, and conjectural militia, South Carolina furnished 33,508, while Massachusetts furnished 92,592; making in the latter sum nearly three men for one furnis508 furnished by South Carolina, while 83,092 were furnished by Massachusetts—being sixteen times more than by South Carolina, and much more ngle battalion in the field! During all this period the men of Massachusetts were serving their country, not at home, but away from their owborders; for, from the time of the Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts never saw the smoke of an enemy's camp. At last, by the mili
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
his answer, which is one of the documents of our history, places beyond cavil or criticism the exact contributions in arms of each State. Here it is—copied from the first volume of the American Archives. Statement of the number of troops and militia furnished by the several States, for the support of the Revolutionary war, from 1775 to 1783, inclusive. Number of continental troops.Number of militia.Total militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000 New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750 Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000 New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000 South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000 Georgia2,679
Camden, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
sing, with the Georgia regiment, the regular force of the Southern Department, did not, in the whole, muster above eight hundred men; nor was it possible to fill up their ranks. During the succeeding year, the Governor of South Carolina, pressed by the British forces, offered to stipulate the neutrality of his State during the war, leaving it to be decided at the peace to whom it should belong—a premonitory symptom of the secession proposed in our own day! At last, after the fatal field of Camden, no organized American force was left in this region. The three Southern States—animis opibusque parati, according to the vaunt of the Senator—had not a single battalion in the field! During all this period the men of Massachusetts were serving their country, not at home, but away from their own borders; for, from the time of the Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts never saw the smoke of an enemy's camp. At last, by the military genius and remarkable exertions of General Greene, <
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 72
in proportion to the number of slaves. The hapless Africans, allured with the hope of Freedom, forsook their owners, and repaired in great numbers to the royal army. They endeavored to recommend themselves to their new masters by discovering where their owners had concealed their property, and were assisting in carrying it off.— History of South Carolina, vol. i. p. 312. And the same candid historian, describing the invasion of the next year, says:— The slaves a second time flocked to the British army.—Vol. i. p. 336. And at a still later day, Mr. Justice Johnson, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a citizen of South Carolina, in his elaborate Life of General Greene, speaking of negro slaves, makes the same unhappy admission. He says:— But the number dispersed through these (Southern) States was very great; so great, as to render it impossible for the citizens to muster freemen enough to withstand the pressure of the British arms.—Vol. I
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
f the number of troops and militia furnished by the several States, for the support of the Revolutionary war, from 1775 to 1783, inclusive. Number of continental troops.Number of militia.Total militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000 New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750 Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000 New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000 South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000 Georgia2,679——2,6799,930 ———————— Total58,42112,71971,13076,810 It should be understood that, at this time, there was but little difference in numbers between the population of the Southern States and that
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
tal militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000 New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750 Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000 New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000 South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000 Georgia2,679——2,6799,930 ———————— Total58,42112,71971,13076,810 It should be understood that, at this time, there was but little difference in numbers between the population of the Southern States and that of the Northern States. By the census of 1790, the Southern had a population of 1,956,354; the Northern had a population of 1,968,455. But, notwithstanding this comparative equality of popu
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
here you will find only 5,508 furnished by South Carolina, while 83,092 were furnished by Massachusetts—being sixteen times more than by South Carolina, and much more than by all the Southern States turing the succeeding year, the Governor of South Carolina, pressed by the British forces, offered to assumed the command of the Southern army, South Carolina was rescued from the British power. But td by David Ramsay, an estimable citizen of South Carolina, in his History of the Revolution in that safety and defence, report, that the State of South Carolina (as represented by the Delegates of tlt or desert.—Vol. i. p. 105. Here is South Carolina secretly disclosing her military weakness,gress, by Mr. Burke, a Representative from South Carolina:— There is not a gentleman on the flss: Every addition they (Georgia and South Carolina) receive to their number of slaves, tends urt of the United States, and a citizen of South Carolina, in his elaborate Life of General Greene, [9 more...
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
76,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000 South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000 Georgia2,679——2,6799,930 ———————— Total58,42112,71971,13076,810 It should be understood that, at this time, there was but little difference in numbers between the population of the Southern States and that of the Northern States. By the census ofith our domestics, in case the enemy invaded us.—Annals of Congress, 1789, 1791, vol. II. p. 1484. Similar testimony to the weakness engendered by Slavery was also borne by Mr. Madison, in open debate in Congress: Every addition they (Georgia and South Carolina) receive to their number of slaves, tends to weaken them, and render them less capable of self-defence.—Annals of Congress, vol. i. p. 340. The historian of South Carolina, Dr. Ramsay,
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 72
ons in arms of each State. Here it is—copied from the first volume of the American Archives. Statement of the number of troops and militia furnished by the several States, for the support of the Revolutionary war, from 1775 to 1783, inclusive. Number of continental troops.Number of militia.Total militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,79239,831 3,000 New York17,7813,31221,093 8,750 Pennsylvania25,6087,35732,965 2,000 New Jersey10,7276,05516,782 2,500 ———————— Total172,49646,048218,553 30,950 Southern States. Delaware2,3873762,7631,000 Maryland13,9125,46419,3764,000 Virginia26,6724,16330,83521,880 North Carolina7,2632,7169,96912,000 South Carolina5,508——5,50828,000 Georgia2,679——2,6799,930 ———————— Total58,42112,71971,13076,810 It should be understood that, at
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