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... road leading to North Carolina . It was to be the grand military depot for the projected campaign . Having made these dispositions , Lord Corn- wallis set up his headquarters at Charleston , where he occupied himself in regulating the ...
... road leading to North Carolina . It was to be the grand military depot for the projected campaign . Having made these dispositions , Lord Corn- wallis set up his headquarters at Charleston , where he occupied himself in regulating the ...
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... road to Camden , beyond the Pedee River . He was anxious to form a junction with them , and with some Virginia troops , under Colonel Porterfield , reliques of the defenders of Charles- ton ; but a wide and sterile region lay between ...
... road to Camden , beyond the Pedee River . He was anxious to form a junction with them , and with some Virginia troops , under Colonel Porterfield , reliques of the defenders of Charles- ton ; but a wide and sterile region lay between ...
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... road to Camden . Colonel Williams , the adju- tant - general of De Kalb , warned him of the sterile nature of that route , and recommended a more circuitous one farther north , which the baron had intended to take , and which passed ...
... road to Camden . Colonel Williams , the adju- tant - general of De Kalb , warned him of the sterile nature of that route , and recommended a more circuitous one farther north , which the baron had intended to take , and which passed ...
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... road . Each flank was covered by a marsh . The second Maryland brigade formed a reserve , a few hundred yards in rear of the first . At daybreak ( August 16th ) , the enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be ...
... road . Each flank was covered by a marsh . The second Maryland brigade formed a reserve , a few hundred yards in rear of the first . At daybreak ( August 16th ) , the enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be ...
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... road without discovering any signs of an enemy , considered himself secure from sur- prise . The two shots fired by his videttes had been heard , but were supposed to have been made by militia shooting cattle . The troops having for the ...
... road without discovering any signs of an enemy , considered himself secure from sur- prise . The two shots fired by his videttes had been heard , but were supposed to have been made by militia shooting cattle . The troops having for the ...
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