New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . came for-ward and surrendered himself. The l^ritisli gave him no time to make any prepa-rations for departure. They tliil not ki^.cnv Init tliathis army might be on the way to Basking Ridge;and the sooner the\- were off, the better. So theymade him jump on Major Wilkinsons horse, whichwas tied bv the door; and in his slippers and dress-ing gown, and without a hat, this bold soldier of wide 12/ experience, who thought he should be commanderin chief of the American army, was hurried away atfull gallop. He was taken to New York, where
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . came for-ward and surrendered himself. The l^ritisli gave him no time to make any prepa-rations for departure. They tliil not ki^.cnv Init tliathis army might be on the way to Basking Ridge;and the sooner the\- were off, the better. So theymade him jump on Major Wilkinsons horse, whichwas tied bv the door; and in his slippers and dress-ing gown, and without a hat, this bold soldier of wide 12/ experience, who thought he should be commanderin chief of the American army, was hurried away atfull gallop. He was taken to New York, where hewas put into prison. It is said that Lee plotted againstAmerica during his imprisonment; but General Wash-ington did not know that, and used every exertion tohave him exchanged, so that his aspiring rival soonagain joined the American tSj^v U^^ But his misfortune had no good effect upon Gen-eral Charles Lee, who came back to his command withas high an opinion of himself, and as low an opinionof certain other people, as he had had when he in-voluntarily left it. It was some time after this, atthe battle of Monmouth Court House, that CharlesLcj showed what sort of a man he really was. Hehad now become so jealous that he j^ositivel} deter- 128 mined that he would not obey orders, and would actas he thought best. He had command of a body oftroops numbering five thousand, a good-sized armyfor those days, and he was ordered to advance toMonmouth Court House and attack the enemy whowere there, while Washington, with another force,would hasten to his assistance as rapidly as possible. Washington carried out his part of the plan; butwhen he had nearly reached Monmouth, he found, tohis amazement, that Lee had gone there, but had doneno fighting at all, and w^as now actually retreating, andcoming in his direction. As it would
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