Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . Jackson accompanying Marion and Davie in the Southern War. CHAPTER II. SERVICES IN THE REVOLUTION,. llil|(!|ll!ii ?•llii!;.;, HE Storm which for many|J|;i|: years had been gatheringin the pohtical horizon ofthe colonies of America,and whose first fury burstupon the devoted heads ofthe patriots of Lexington,?^^^^^^^^BJBaa^fflfr began in 1778 to agitatethe southern portion of the confederacy; and thepeaceful pursuits of the inhabitants were relinquishedfor the din of arms. While many of them, influenced PARTISAN WARFARE. 21 by fear or interest, turned a deaf ea
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . Jackson accompanying Marion and Davie in the Southern War. CHAPTER II. SERVICES IN THE REVOLUTION,. llil|(!|ll!ii ?•llii!;.;, HE Storm which for many|J|;i|: years had been gatheringin the pohtical horizon ofthe colonies of America,and whose first fury burstupon the devoted heads ofthe patriots of Lexington,?^^^^^^^^BJBaa^fflfr began in 1778 to agitatethe southern portion of the confederacy; and thepeaceful pursuits of the inhabitants were relinquishedfor the din of arms. While many of them, influenced PARTISAN WARFARE. 21 by fear or interest, turned a deaf ear to the demandsof patriotism and joined the royal standard, the sonsof Mrs. Jackson ranged themselves under the banner oftheir country, and staked their lives and their all inthe struggle for liberty. Their natural ardour, andattachment to the American cause, was not a littleincreased by the remembrance of the injuries sufferedby their ancestors; and to their zeal for freedom wasadded a deep and abiding detestation of British ty-ranny. Their grandfather had been one of the de-voted Irish patriots, who vainly struggled to
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