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Ford, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
rginia regiments, that under Hawes formed the extreme right, that of Campbell the right centre; of the two Maryland regiments, that of Ford occupied the extreme left, that of Gunby the left centre. The artillery was placed in the road between the two bri- Chap. XXIV.} 1781. April 28. gades. Davy in Johnson, II. 94. In this disposition he awaited the attack of Rawdon. Perceiving that the British advanced with a narrow front, Greene, with full confidence in gaining the victory, ordered Ford's regiment on the left and Campbell's on the right to wheel respectively on their flanks, the regiments of Hawes and Gunby to charge with bayonets without firing, and Washington with his cavalry to double the right flank and attack the enemy in the rear. Had every one of these movements succeeded, the army of Rawdon would have been ruined; but they were not executed with the promptness of veteran troops. Rawdon had time to extend his front by ordering up his reserves. Colonel Ford, in lead
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
much skill that the British remained ignorant of his advance. At four o'clock on the morning of the eighth of September, his army was in motion to Sept. 8. attack them. The centre of the front line was composed of two small battalions from North Carolina, and of one from South Carolina on each wing, commanded respectively by Marion and Pickens. The second line was formed of three hundred and fifty continentals of North Carolina, led by General Sumner; of an equal number of Virginians, commanNorth Carolina, led by General Sumner; of an equal number of Virginians, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell; and of two hundred and fifty Marylanders, under Otho Williams. Long and gallantly did the militia maintain the action, those with Marion and Pickens proving themselves equal to the best veterans. As they began to be overpowered by numbers, they were sustained by the North Carolina brigade under Sumner; and the Virginians under Campbell, and the Marylanders under Williams, charged with the bayonet. The British were routed. On a party that prepared to rally,
Eutaw Springs (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
mpted at a later day, but only after the death of Balfour, to throw on that officer the blame that belonged especially to himself. The ship in which Rawdon embarked was captured by the French at sea, but his rights as a prisoner of war were Chap. XXIV.} 1781. Aug. respected. After a short rest, Greene moved his army from the hills of Santee in a roundabout way to attack the British at their post near the junction of the Wateree and Congaree. They retreated before him and halted at Eutaw springs. He continued the pursuit with so much skill that the British remained ignorant of his advance. At four o'clock on the morning of the eighth of September, his army was in motion to Sept. 8. attack them. The centre of the front line was composed of two small battalions from North Carolina, and of one from South Carolina on each wing, commanded respectively by Marion and Pickens. The second line was formed of three hundred and fifty continentals of North Carolina, led by General Sumne
Orangeburg, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
stroying all public buildings May 10. and stores and many private houses, the British abandoned it, and they never held it again. On the eleventh, the post at Orangeburgh, held by sixty British 11. militia and twelve regulars, surrendered to Sumpter. Chap. XXIV.} 1781. May 11. Meantime Rawdon marched down the Santee on the norade prisoners of forty-eight British dragoons within Chap. XXIV.} 1781. June 18. one mile of their encampment. Avoiding an encounter, Lord Rawdon retired to Orangeburgh, where he was re-enforced. On the other side, Greene, after forming a junction with the men of Sumpter and Marion, pursued him, and on the twelfth of July offe12. was refused. On the thirteenth, Greene detached the 13. cavalry of the legion, the state troops, and militia of South Carolina to compel the evacuation of Orangeburgh by striking at the posts around Charleston; the rest of the army was ordered to the high hills of the Santee, famed for pure air and pure water. On the same da
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
ned a fire upon their pickets. The good discipline which Greene had introduced now stood him in stead. About two hundred and fifty North Carolina militia, who had arrived that morning, did nothing during the day; but his cavalry was soon mounted, and his regular troops, about nine hundred and thirty in number, were formed in order of battle in one line without reserves. Of the two Virginia regiments, that under Hawes formed the extreme right, that of Campbell the right centre; of the two Maryland regiments, that of Ford occupied the extreme left, that of Gunby the left centre. The artillery was placed in the road between the two bri- Chap. XXIV.} 1781. April 28. gades. Davy in Johnson, II. 94. In this disposition he awaited the attack of Rawdon. Perceiving that the British advanced with a narrow front, Greene, with full confidence in gaining the victory, ordered Ford's regiment on the left and Campbell's on the right to wheel respectively on their flanks, the regiments of H
Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
s Camden without exposing his troops to the greatest chances of being lost. Cornwallis to Phillips, and Cornwallis to Clinton, 4 April, 1781. He should have sped to Charleston by water, to retain possession of South Carolina; but such a movement nate general, sure of the favor and approval of Germain, he forced his plans on his commander-in-chief, Cornwallis to Clinton, Wilmington, 10 April, 1781, in Washington's Writings, VII. 458. to whom he wrote: I cannot help expressing my wishes th; as no good can arise to the service if there is not full confidence between the general and the minister. Quoted in Clinton's Private Despatch of 30 April, 1781. But, instead of resigning, he hastened to warn Germain: Operations in the Chesapea of the great importance of pushing the war on the side of Virginia with all the force that can be spared. Germain to Clinton, 6 June, 1781, in Commis. Clinton, Cornwallis, 53. In his march from Wilmington, Cornwallis met Chap. XXIV.} 1781.
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
her friends would do justice to his name. The possession of the interior of South Carolina depended on the posts at Camden and Ninety-Six in that state, and at Augusta in Georgia. On the sixth April 6. of April, Greene detached a force under Lee, which joined Marion, and threatened the connections between Camden and Charleston state, had in charge to hold the country between Camden and Ninety-Six, and Pickens with the western militia to intercept supplies on their way to Ninety-Six and Augusta. Ramsay, II. 227; differing a little from Johnson, II. 68, and Marshall, II. 4. After these preparations, Greene on the seventh 7. began his march from Deer Rawdon did not halt until they reached Monk's corner. The north-western part of South Carolina was thus recovered, but the British still held Ninety-Six and Augusta. Conforming to the plan which Greene had forwarded from Deep river, General Pickens and Colonel Clarke with militia kept watch over the latter. On the twentieth
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
er to protect forfeited the right to enforce allegiance. It was most impolitic; for it uprooted all remaining attachment of moderate men for the English government. It roused the women of Charleston to implacable defiance. The American army demanded retaliation; but after the departure of Rawdon there remained in South Carolina no British officer who would have repeated the act of revenge. His first excuse for the execution was that same order of Cornwallis which had filled the woods of Carolina with assassins. Feeling the act as a stain upon his name, he attempted at a later day, but only after the death of Balfour, to throw on that officer the blame that belonged especially to himself. The ship in which Rawdon embarked was captured by the French at sea, but his rights as a prisoner of war were Chap. XXIV.} 1781. Aug. respected. After a short rest, Greene moved his army from the hills of Santee in a roundabout way to attack the British at their post near the junction of the
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
Lieutenant-Colonel Brown, the commander, had himself hanged thirteen American prisoners, and delivered citizens of Georgia to the Cherokees to suffer death with all the exquisite tortures which savage barbarity could contrive; but on his way to Savannah an escort protected him from the inhabitants whose houses he had burned, whose Chap. XXIV.} 1781. May 22. relations he had hanged. On the twenty-second of May, Greene, with Kosciuszko for his engineer, and nine hundred and eighty-four men, ted not only by battle, but by disease, regained his old position on the heights of Santee. He had been in command less than nine months, and in that short time the three southern states were recovered excepting only Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah. His career had not been marked by victories, but he always gained the object for which he risked an engagement. He says of himself that he would fight, get beaten, and fight again. He succeeded in driving Cornwallis out of the southern state
Guilford, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 25
arched with two thousand men to the relief June 7. of Ninety-Six. Loath to be baffled, Greene, on the eighteenth, ordered a party of Marylanders and of 18. Virginians to make a lodgement in the fort, in which no justifying breach had been made. Of the brave men who were sent into the ditch, one-third were killed, and but one in six came out of it unwounded. The next day the general raised the siege and withdrew to the north, complaining of fortune which had neither given him victory at Guilford, nor at Camden, nor now at Ninety-Six. But his fortitude always rose above disasters, and his resources did not fail him. He retreated as far as the Enoree. Giving over pursuit, the British commander returned to Ninety-Six. That insulated post could no longer be maintained. Leaving the largest part of his force to assist in removing the loyalists, he marched with a thousand men to establish a detachment on the Congaree. Greene followed; and his cavalry, detached to watch the enemy's
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