. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. Stono River, between the main-land and Johns Island. The battle was fought onthe mainland, near the ferry. It is about six milesfrom Charleston. 97 the liberty of your country is endangered. Takemy last adieu, accept my blessing, and return toyour duty. Major William R. Davie was severely woundedin the same battle, and narrowly escaped with hislife, and w-as only saved by the devotion of atrooper, whose horse had been killed. On his re-treat, seeing the imminent danger of his o
. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. Stono River, between the main-land and Johns Island. The battle was fought onthe mainland, near the ferry. It is about six milesfrom Charleston. 97 the liberty of your country is endangered. Takemy last adieu, accept my blessing, and return toyour duty. Major William R. Davie was severely woundedin the same battle, and narrowly escaped with hislife, and w-as only saved by the devotion of atrooper, whose horse had been killed. On his re-treat, seeing the imminent danger of his officer, re-turned at the risk of his life, for the enemy werewithin a few steps, and with great composure raisedMaj. Davie on to his horse, to whose bridle Daviehad clung, and safely led him from the the Major in safety, this trooper dis-appeared. Though diligent inquiry was made, could not ascertain who was his years after, at the siege of Ninety-Six, thetrooper made himself known, and w^as unfortu-nately killed the next day in battle. REVOLUTIONARY BREECH LOADERS. Breech Loaders used at Battle of Camden. A VERY unique and interesting relic of the Revo-lutionary War is a pair of pistols, used by Capt. 98 William Johnson in the Battle of Eutaw. Theirpeculiarity is that they are breech loaders. Themechanism is crude and clumsy. The barrel hadto be unscrewed from the breech, the charge in-serted, and the barrel screwed back, primed, andthen was ready for firing. All this had to be re-peated after every discharge. A pistol, in the pos-session of the author, made in 1744, has elevatingsights, in principle the same as those of the modernrifle. Thus were so-called modern inventions fore-stalled by the inventiveness of preceding ages. MAJOR JAMES INTERVIEWS THE BRITISH CAPTAIN About the end of June, 1780, Ardesoif of theBritish navy arrived at Georgetown^ to carry SirHenry Clintons last proclamation into effect, andinvited the people to c
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