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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
of Georgia, and subduing East Florida before the end of July. To this Washington answered: The policy of our arming slaves is in my Chap. XIII.} 1779. opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set the example. For, should we begin to form battalions of them, I have not the smallest doubt, if the war is to be prosecuted, of their following us in it, and justifying the measure upon our own ground. The contest then must be, who can arm fastest. And where are our arms? Congress listened to Huger, the agent from South Carolina, as he explained that his state was weak, because many of its citizens must remain at home to prevent revolts among the negroes, or their desertion to the enemy; and it recommended as a remedy, that the two southernmost of the thirteen states should detach the most vigorous and enterprising of the negroes from the rest by arming three thousand of them under command of white officers. A few days before the British came near Charleston, young Laurens arrived,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
ment to congress without elation; to Lincoln he wrote in modest and affectionate language. His first important act was the request to congress for the appointment of Morgan as a brigadier-general in the continental service, and in this he was supported by Jefferson and Rutledge. He enjoined on the corps of White and Washington, and on all remnants of continental troops in Virginia, to repair to the southern army with all possible diligence. Upon information received at Hillsborough from Huger of South Carolina, Gates formed his plan to march directly to Camden, confident of its easy capt- Chap. XV.} 1780. June. ure and the consequent recovery of the country. To Kalb he wrote: Enough has already been lost in a vain defence of Charleston; if more is sacrificed, the southern states are undone; and this may go nearly to undo the rest. Arriving in the camp of Kalb, he was confirmed in his purpose by Thomas Pinckney, who was his aid, and by Marion. It was the opinion of Kalb, t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 23: (search)
rain, he approached the river, and prepared to force a passage as soon as the high waters should subside. Arriving in Morgan's camp, Greene agreed immediately with him that the plan of Cornwallis must extend to a co-operation with the British troops in Virginia, and he entered full of hope on the great career that was opening before him. To his forces on the Pedee he on the thirtieth sent orders to 30. prepare to form at Guilford court-house a junction with those under Morgan, writing to Huger: I am not without hopes of ruining Lord Cornwallis if he persists in his mad scheme of pushing through the Chap. XXIII.} 1781. Jan. 30. country. Here is a fine field and great glory ahead. Johnson's Greene, i. 104. On the same day the famous Colonel William Campbell was asked to bring without loss of time a thousand good volunteers from over the mountains. A like letter was addressed to Shelby, though without effect. To the officers commanding in the counties of Wilkes and Surry, Gre