New school history of the United States . Rawdon was imperilled by the successes of Marion andLee in his rear, and by the resumption of arms throughout thedistricts behind him. He returned to Charleston, and thecountry beyond the Santee was lost to him. BA TTLE OF EUTA W SPRINGS, THE EXECUTION OF COLONEL HAYNE. 98. The passions of Whigs and Tories rendered the warpecuUarly vio-lent and bit-ter in the Car-ounas. Atroc-i t i e s werecommitted onboth IsaacHayne,* a gentleman ofhigh charac-ter and posi-tion, was cap-tured, accusedof violatingh i s pledges,and hangedwithout a legaltri
New school history of the United States . Rawdon was imperilled by the successes of Marion andLee in his rear, and by the resumption of arms throughout thedistricts behind him. He returned to Charleston, and thecountry beyond the Santee was lost to him. BA TTLE OF EUTA W SPRINGS, THE EXECUTION OF COLONEL HAYNE. 98. The passions of Whigs and Tories rendered the warpecuUarly vio-lent and bit-ter in the Car-ounas. Atroc-i t i e s werecommitted onboth IsaacHayne,* a gentleman ofhigh charac-ter and posi-tion, was cap-tured, accusedof violatingh i s pledges,and hangedwithout a legaltrial. Greenethreatened re-taliation, but active hostilities were closed before the threat was executed. THE BATTLE OF EUTAW SPRINGS. 99. Carolina did not remain much longer underBritish control. An indecisive action took place at EutawQ Springs f near the Santee River, between Generalg *^ Greene and Colonel Stewart, the successor of* Rawdon. The forces were nearly equal, and thebattle was hotly contested. Both sides claimed the victory ;. COLONEL HENRY LEE. * Isaac Hayne (1745-1781) was a wealthy planter. He accepted British protection,and took the oath of allegiance. Summoned to take arms on the Biitish side, he re-fused, and joined the patriot bands. He was captured and put to death. t Eutaw Springs is the name given to a small stream, about two miles in length, HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, but Stewart was shut up within the narrow strip of land be-tween the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and the war in thisregion was virtually ended. THE FAILURE OF CORNWALLIS. 100. Cornwallis marched on Virginia when Greeneproceeded southwards. He joined Arnold at Petersburg. He sent Simcoe andTarleton t o seizeGovernor Jefferson,break up the Vir-ginia Assembly atCharlottesville, anddestroy the publicworks on the Rivan-na. From his resi-dence on the summitof Monticello, whichcommanded a wideview of the sur-rounding country,Jefferson saw Tarle-tons dragoons cross-ing the river below,and escaped. Th
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