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of the continental squadron, which carried a hundred and fifty guns, reported their inability to guard it. Then, wrote Washington, the attempt to defend the town ought to have been relinquished. But Lincoln was intent only on strengthening its fortf the southern department of which he could dispose. Collecting the whole force for the defence of Charleston, thought Washington, is putting much to hazard. I dread the event. Washington to Steuben in Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, VII. 10Washington to Steuben in Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, VII. 10. But he was too remote to be heard in time. The period of enlistment of the North Carolina Chap. XIV.} 1780. April 7. militia having expired, most of them returned home. On the seventh of April, the remains of the Virginia line, seven hundred vWashington, ed. Sparks, VII. 10. But he was too remote to be heard in time. The period of enlistment of the North Carolina Chap. XIV.} 1780. April 7. militia having expired, most of them returned home. On the seventh of April, the remains of the Virginia line, seven hundred 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
Steuben (search for this): chapter 15
e, and ships were sunk to close the entrance to the Ashley river. Clinton, trusting nothing to hazard, moved slowly along a coast intersected by creeks and checkered with islands. The delay brought greater disasters on the state. Lincoln used the time to draw into Charleston all the resources of the southern department of which he could dispose. Collecting the whole force for the defence of Charleston, thought Washington, is putting much to hazard. I dread the event. Washington to Steuben in Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, VII. 10. But he was too remote to be heard in time. The period of enlistment of the North Carolina Chap. XIV.} 1780. April 7. militia having expired, most of them returned home. On the seventh of April, the remains of the Virginia line, seven hundred 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 int
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sheartened 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 the twenty-sixth, the British forces from the eastern side of St. John's island gained a view of the town, its harbor, the sea, and carefully cultivated plantations, which, after their fatigues, seemed to them a paradise. The best defence of the harbor was the bar at its outlet; and already on the twenty- 27. seventh, the officers of the continental squadron, which carried a hundred and fifty guns, reported their inability to guard it. Then, wrote Washington, the attempt to defend the town ought to have
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on provoked by the unrelenting rancor of loyalists threatened the extermination of her people. Left mainly to her own resources, it was through bloodshed and devastation and the depths of wretchedness that her citizens were to bring her back to her place in the republic by their 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
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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 the twenty-sixth, the British forces from the eastern side of St. John's island gained a view of the town, its harbor, the sea, and carefully cultivated plantations, which, after their fatigues, seemed to them a paradise. The best defence of the harbor was the bar at its outlet; and already on the twenty- 27. seventh, the officers of the continental squadron, which carried a hundred
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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 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
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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. John Laurens to his father, 25 May, 1780. On the twelfth, after the British had mounted can- 12. non in their third parallel, had crossed the wet ditch and advanced within twenty-five yards of the American works, ready to assault the town by land and water, Lincoln signed a capitulation. A proposal to allow the men of South Carolina, who did not choose to reside under British rule, twelve months to dispose of their property, was not accepted. The continental troops and sailors became prisoners of war until exchanged; the militia from the count
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blic by their 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
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Chapter 14: The siege of Charleston. 1779-1780. South Carolina moved onward to independence Chap. XIV.} 1779. through the bitterest afflictions of civil war. Armies ere encouraged by the government in England to pillage and lay waste her plantations, and confiscate the property of the greatest part of her inhabitants1779. through the bitterest afflictions of civil war. Armies ere encouraged by the government in England to pillage and lay waste her plantations, and confiscate the property of the greatest part of her inhabitants. Families were divided; patriots outlawed and savagely assassinated; houses burned, and women and children driven shelterless into the forests; districts so desolated that they seemed the abode only of orphans and widows; and the retaliation provoked by the unrelenting rancor of loyalists threatened the extermination of her peopdevotion, 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 an
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Washington, is putting much to hazard. I dread the event. Washington to Steuben in Writings of Washington, ed. Sparks, VII. 10. But he was too remote to be heard in time. The period of enlistment of the North Carolina Chap. XIV.} 1780. April 7. militia having expired, most of them returned home. On the seventh of April, the remains of the Virginia line, seven hundred 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 thirteenth, the American officers insisted 13. that Governor Rutledge should withdraw from Charleston, leaving Gadsden, the lieut
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