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... Detached to the District of Ninety - Six - Greene Posts himself on the Pedee PAGE 127 143 CHAP . IX . - Hostile Embarkations to the South- Arnold in Command - Necessitous State of the Country - Washington Urges a Foreign Loan - Mission ...
... Detached to the District of Ninety - Six - Greene Posts himself on the Pedee PAGE 127 143 CHAP . IX . - Hostile Embarkations to the South- Arnold in Command - Necessitous State of the Country - Washington Urges a Foreign Loan - Mission ...
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... from Camden . Gates accordingly detached Colonel Wool- ford of the Maryland line , with one hundred regulars , a party of artillery , and two brass field - pieces . On the same evening he moved with his main force to take post at a deep.
... from Camden . Gates accordingly detached Colonel Wool- ford of the Maryland line , with one hundred regulars , a party of artillery , and two brass field - pieces . On the same evening he moved with his main force to take post at a deep.
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... detached to run forward , post themselves behind trees within forty or fifty yards of the enemy to ex- tort their fire while at a distance , and render it less terrible to the militia . The expedient failed . The British rushed on ...
... detached to run forward , post themselves behind trees within forty or fifty yards of the enemy to ex- tort their fire while at a distance , and render it less terrible to the militia . The expedient failed . The British rushed on ...
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... detached Tarleton in pursuit with a body of cavalry and light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side of the Wateree , much encumbered by his spoils and prisoners . Tarleton pushed up ...
... detached Tarleton in pursuit with a body of cavalry and light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side of the Wateree , much encumbered by his spoils and prisoners . Tarleton pushed up ...
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... detach any sufficient force for their relief . All that he could do for the pres- ent was to endeavor to hold the enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose , he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the ...
... detach any sufficient force for their relief . All that he could do for the pres- ent was to endeavor to hold the enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose , he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the ...
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