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August (search for this): chapter 16
ing found means to subsist then and to maintain the appearance of holding that Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. part of the country. The force of which Gates could dispose was greater than that which could with the North Carolina militia under Caswell, and proceeded towards the enemy Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. at Lynch's creek. In the following night that post was abandoned; and Lord Rawdon occupied ano convoy with its stores on the road from Charleston to Camden. Gates, who be- Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. lieved himself at the head of seven thousand men, granted his request. Sumpter left the camp, tat voted thanks to Cornwallis. Gates and Caswell, who took to flight with the Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. militia, gave up all for lost; and, leaving the army without orders, rode in all haste to Clermonr to bathe; some strolled in search of supplies; and Sumpter himself fell fast Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. asleep in the shade of a wagon. In this state, a party under Tarleton cut them off from their ar
July (search for this): chapter 16
of Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort, and Savannah on the sea; Augusta, Ninety-Six, and Camden in the interior. Of these Camden was the most im- Chap. XV.} 1780. July. portant, for it was the key between the north and south; by a smaller post at Rocky Mount, it kept up a communication with Ninety-Six. In the opinion of Clintoed. The exiles, banding themselves together, chose him for their leader. For their use, the smiths of the neighborhood wrought iron tools into Chap. XV.} 1780. July. rude weapons; bullets were cast of pewter, collected from housekeepers. With scarcely three rounds of cartridges to a man, they could obtain no more but from thehed Marion towards the interior of South Carolina to watch the motions of the enemy and furnish intelligence, he, on the morning of the twenty-seventh July 27. of July, put what he called the grand army on its march by the shortest route to Camden through a barren country which could offer no food but lean cattle, fruit, and unri
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rom his main body, was gone to Savannah, Kapp's Kalb, 213. and from his camp on the Pedee he announced on the fourth, by 4. a proclamation, that their late triumphant and insulting foes had retreated with precipitation and dismay on the approach of his numerous, well-appointed, and formidable army; forgiveness was promised to those who had been forced to profess allegiance, and pardon was withheld only from those apostate sons of America who should hereafter support the enemy. On the seventh, at the Cross Roads, the troops with 7. Gates made a junction with the North Carolina militia under Caswell, and proceeded towards the enemy Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. at Lynch's creek. In the following night that post was abandoned; and Lord Rawdon occupied another on the southern bank of Little Lynch's creek, unassailable from the deep muddy channel of the river, and within a day's march of Camden. Here he was joined by Tarleton with a small detachment of cavalry, who on their way had m
June (search for this): chapter 16
letter is unquestioned. The chain of posts for holding South Carolina consisted of Georgetown, Charleston, Beaufort, and Savannah on the sea; Augusta, Ninety-Six, and Camden in the interior. Of these Camden was the most im- Chap. XV.} 1780. July. portant, for it was the key between the north and south; by a smaller post at Rocky Mount, it kept up a communication with Ninety-Six. In the opinion of Clinton, six thousand men were required to hold Carolina and Georgia; yet at the end of June Cornwallis reported that he had put an end to all resistance in those states, and in September, after the harvest, would march into North Carolina to reduce that province. But the violence of his measures roused the courage of despair. On hearing of the acts of the British, Houston, the delegate in congress from Georgia, wrote to Jay: Our misfortunes are, under God, the source of our safety. Our captive soldiers will, as usual, be poisoned, starved, and insulted,—will be scourged into the
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hundred and six British invalids who were descending the Pedee river. A large boat from Georgetown, laden with stores for the British at Cheraw, was seized by Americans. A general revolt in the public mind against British authority invited Gates onwards. To the encouragements of others the general added his own illusions; he was confident that Cornwallis, with detached troops from his main body, was gone to Savannah, Kapp's Kalb, 213. and from his camp on the Pedee he announced on the fourth, by 4. a proclamation, that their late triumphant and insulting foes had retreated with precipitation and dismay on the approach of his numerous, well-appointed, and formidable army; forgiveness was promised to those who had been forced to profess allegiance, and pardon was withheld only from those apostate sons of America who should hereafter support the enemy. On the seventh, at the Cross Roads, the troops with 7. Gates made a junction with the North Carolina militia under Caswell, a
April (search for this): chapter 16
yond his years. Sumpter drew back to the Catawba settlement, and from all parts of South Carolina patriots flocked to his standard. Thus far the south rested on its own exertions. Relying on the internal strength of New England, and the central states for their protection, Washington was willing to incur hazard for the relief of the Carolinas; and, with the approval of congress, from his army of less than ten and a half thousand men, of whom twenty-eight hundred were to be discharged in April, he detached General Kalb with the Maryland division of nearly two thousand men and the Delaware regiment. Marching orders for the southward were also given to the corps of Major Lee. The May. movement of Kalb was slow for want of transportation. At Petersburg, in Virginia, he added to his command a regiment of artillery with twelve cannon. Of all the states, Virginia, of which Jefferson was Chap. XV.} 1780. then the governor, lay most exposed to invasion from the sea, and was in con
August 16th (search for this): chapter 16
Colonel Porterfield threw back the party that made the attack and restored order; but at a great price, for Porterfield received a wound which Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. proved mortal. To a council of the American general officers held immediately in the rear of the lines, Gates communicated the report of a prisoner, that a lared yards in the rear of the first. The artillery was divided between the two brigades. Gates took his place in the rear of the second line. Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. He gave no order till Otho Williams proposed to him to begin the attack with the brigade of Stevens, his worst troops, who had been with the army only one day. Sd was nowhere to be found, they were sustained by the reserve, till the brigade was outflanked by greatly superior numbers, and obliged to give Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. ground. After being twice rallied, they finally retreated. The division which Kalb commanded continued long in action, and never did troops show greater courag
June 30th, 1780 AD (search for this): chapter 16
six months in each year. Some hundreds of commissions were issued for the militia regiments. Major Patrick Ferguson, known from his services in New Jersey and greatly valued, was deputed to visit each district in South Carolina to procure on the spot lists of its militia, and to see. that the orders of Cornwallis were carried into execution. Any Carolinian thereafter taken in arms might be sentenced to death for desertion and bearing arms against his country. Cornwallis to Clinton, 30 June, 1780. The proposals of those who offered to raise provincial corps were accepted; and men of the province, void of honor and compassion, received commissions, gathered about them profligate ruffians, and roamed through Carolina, indulging in rapine, and ready to put patriots to death as outlaws. Cornwallis himself never regarded a deserter, or any whom a court-martial sentenced to death, as subjects of mercy. A quartermaster of Tarleton's legion entered the house of Samuel Wyly near Camden,
May 9th (search for this): chapter 16
ates, Virginia, of which Jefferson was Chap. XV.} 1780. then the governor, lay most exposed to invasion from the sea, and was in constant danger from the savages on the west; yet it was unmindful of its own perils. Its legislature met on the ninth of May. Within ten May 9. minutes after the house was formed, Richard Henry Lee proposed to raise and send twenty-five hundred men to serve for three months in Carolina, and to be paid in tobacco, which had a real value. Major Nelson with sixty hoMay 9. minutes after the house was formed, Richard Henry Lee proposed to raise and send twenty-five hundred men to serve for three months in Carolina, and to be paid in tobacco, which had a real value. Major Nelson with sixty horse, and Colonel Armand with his corps, were already moving to the south. The force assembled at Williamsburg, for the protection of the country on the James river, consisted of no more than three hundred men; but they too were sent to Carolina before the end of the month. North Carolina made a requisition on Virginia for arms, and received them. With a magnanimity which knew nothing of fear, Virginia laid herself bare for the protection of the Carolinas. The news that Charleston had capi
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