. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . )t the British too busy to go to the res-cue of their dctatched posts, which were one aftera-nother captured by the patriot militia of South Caro-lina and Georgia. Colonel Henry Lee, familiarlyknown as Light Horse Harry, leading some ofGreenes best troops, assisted Marion to capture forts These mountain riflemen led by Campbell Cleveland, Revier andShelby
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . )t the British too busy to go to the res-cue of their dctatched posts, which were one aftera-nother captured by the patriot militia of South Caro-lina and Georgia. Colonel Henry Lee, familiarlyknown as Light Horse Harry, leading some ofGreenes best troops, assisted Marion to capture forts These mountain riflemen led by Campbell Cleveland, Revier andShelby had started to help Colonel Elijah Clarke capture Augusta, buthearing of that officers defeat and Fergusons attempt to intercept him,had marched againsi Ferguson. War of Amkkican Lndeiendknce. 33 Watson, Granby, ]\Iotte and Orangeburg, and tlienrendered valuable help to Pickens and Clarke in therecapture of Auguf;ta from the enemy. At EutawSprings Greene gave the finisliing blow to the Britishpower in the SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 24. During the latter years of the war the conflicthad been confined mostly to the South. The Ameri-can army, under Washington, had kept close watchupon the British in New York and had thwarted alltheir plans in that quarter. The timely discovery ofArnolds treason had saved the American cause fromgreat disaster, and the British forces were unable totake the offensive. At length Washington, securing3 34 Story of the Confederate States. the co-operation of a French fleet and army, left a suf-ficient force to keep the enem} from marching out ofthe city of New York into tlie open country, and atYorktown, in Virginia, struck the finishing blow toBritish power in the United States by the capture ofthe veteran army of Cornwallis (October 19, 1781). 25. Negotiations for peace were now entered two years after the decisive American victoryat Yorktown the treat}^ of peace was signed (Septem-ber 3, 1783). The first article of the treaty began a
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