C H A P T E R   I.

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[piii] Effect of D'Estaign's attack upon Savannah	2
Rhode island evacuated	3
Embarkation of a body of troops	ib.
Sir Henry Clinton sails from New York, and arrives at Savannah	4
Difficulties to encounter before the siege of Charles town	ib.
The army cross Ashley River	9
The admiral passes the bar and fort Moultrie	10
Charles town summoned	12
Americans surprised at Monk's corner	13
Charles town completely invested	17
Earl Cornwallis takes the command in the country	18
Americans surprised at Lenew's	20
Fort Moultrie surrenders	ib.
Charles town capitulates	22
Proclamations	24
Effect of proclamations	25
Part of the army embark	26
Earl Cornwallis passes the Santee river	27
Action at Wacsaw	30
[piv] Sir Henry Clinton sails from Charles town	32
Notes to the First Chapter	33 to 84

 

C H A P T E R   II.

Earl Cornwallis takes the command of the King's troops in Georgia and South Carolina	85
His disposition of the King's troops	86
Earl Cornwallis goes to Charles town	89
Eight hundred loyalists from North Carolina join the British	91
Intelligence of a continental army	92
The effect it produces in South Carolina	ib.
Colonel Sumpter attacks Rocky mount and Hanging rock	94
Baron de Kalb approaches with the American army	97
General Gates supersedes De Kalbe	ib.
Lord Rawdon assembles the King's troops	101
Earl Cornwallis arrives at Camden	102
Battle near Camden	105
Action near the Catawba fords	114
Notes to the Second Chapter	117 to 153

 

C H A P T E R   III.

State of the royal army	155
State of South Carolina	156
The King's troops move forward	158
And halt at Charlotte town	159
Lieutenant-colonel Brown attacked by Colonel Clarke	161
And relieved by Lieutenant-colonel Cruger	162
Ferguson defeated	164
The British army falls back	167
[pv] Passes the Catawba river	167
And takes post at Wynnesborough	169
Marion overruns the lower districts	171
Ineffectual attempt upon Sumpter	173
Sumpter moves towards Ninety Six	174
Action at Blackstock's	178
State of the American army	181
Major-general Greene takes the command	182
Preparations for a second invasion of North Carolina	ib.
Major-general Leslie arrives with a reinforcement	184
Notes to the Third Chapter	185 to 207

 

C H A P T E R   IV.

Movements of the Americans	207
The British light troops pass Broad river	210
Earl Cornwallis moves from Wynnesborough	212
Action at the Cowpens	215
General Leslie joins Earl Cornwallis	222
Pursuit of General Morgan	ib.
Morgan passes the Catawba river	223
The King's troops pass the Catawba	224
Affair at Tarrant's	226
Earl Cornwallis marches to Salisbury	227
Skirmish at the Trading ford	ib.
Earl Cornwallis moves to the upper fords	228
General Greene passes the Dan	229
Earl Cornwallis marches to Hillsborough, and erects the King's standard	ib.
General Greene re-crosses the Dan	233
Earl Cornwallis passes Haw river	234
Skirmish near Allamance	235
[pvi] Affair at Wetzell's mill	237
Earl Cornwallis passes a branch of Deep river	239
Notes to the Fourth Chapter	241 to 269

 

C H A P T E R   V.

Battle at Guildford	271
Earl Cornwallis crosses Deep river, and retires towards Cross creek	279
General Greene follows the British	ib.
Earl Cornwallis arrives at Cross creek	280
And moves to Wilmington	281
General Greene advances towards South Carolina	282
Earl Cornwallis marches towards the Roanoke	285
Skirmish at Halifax	287
Earl Cornwallis unites the royal armies at Petersburgh	291
The British pass James river at Westover	293
The Marquis de la Fayette crosses the South and North Anna	294
Earl Cornwallis sends detachments to destroy stores	295
The British move towards Richmond	299
The Marquis de la Fayette follows the King's troops	ib.
Earl Cornwallis moves towards Williamsburgh	300
Affair near the Chickahomany	301
Notes to the Fifth Chapter	303 to 351

 

C H A P T E R   VI.

Earl Cornwallis moves to James river	352
Affair near James island	354
Earl Cornwallis marches to Portsmouth	359
Hampton road not approved of as a station for the navy	360
Earl Cornwallis takes possession of York town	361
[pvii] Portsmouth evacuated	361
The French fleet enter the Chesapeak	364
La Fayette takes post at Williamsburgh	ib.
General Washington's force concentrated at Williamsburgh	371
York town invested	375
Two redoubts carried at York town by the French and Americans	385
Sortie from York town	386
Surrender of York town and Gloucester	388
Notes to the Sixth Chapter	395 to 459

 

A P P E N D I X.

Action near Camden	462
Surrender of fort Watson	471
Camden evacuated	477
Ninety Six invested	485
Surrender of Augusta	487
General Greene repulsed with loss at Ninety Six	497
Lord Rawdon forces Greene to retreat	498
Ninety Six evacuated	502
Action at Eutaws	509