. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. he was detected and taken to the Americanhead(|iiarters ; but in some way he sent Arnold warning ofhis capture. Papers found on Andre proved ArnoUVs guilt,but he escaped to the British, -while Andre ^vas tried and hanged as a spy. Arnold received his goldand the promised position, andfor some time did all he couldto injure the patriots, butfinally went to England, wherehe died, followed by the hatredof America and the contemptof the whole world. Meanwhile the war hadbeen froinir on with varviuLTfortunes in the South. AVhe
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. he was detected and taken to the Americanhead(|iiarters ; but in some way he sent Arnold warning ofhis capture. Papers found on Andre proved ArnoUVs guilt,but he escaped to the British, -while Andre ^vas tried and hanged as a spy. Arnold received his goldand the promised position, andfor some time did all he couldto injure the patriots, butfinally went to England, wherehe died, followed by the hatredof America and the contemptof the whole world. Meanwhile the war hadbeen froinir on with varviuLTfortunes in the South. AVhenWashington drove Howe fromBoston (1776), the Britishsent General Clinton to con-(juer the South, and Charlestonciipture of Andre. ^vas clioseu as the first [)lace for him to take. To get near Charleston, the British shipshad to sail close to Fort Moultrie, on Sullivans Island. Thisfort had been hastily built of palmetto logs laid in two rowsa little distance apart, and the space between them was filledwith sand. But there were brave men in the fort, and they had some. THE WAR IN THE SOUTH. 161 LESSON.—In 1776, the British fleet was driven aw^ay from Charleston byColonel Moultrie. In 1778, the English captured Savannah. In 177 9, Lin-coln surrendered Charleston to Clinton, and Cornwallis defeated Gates. good camion. Colonel Moultrie and his men fonglit so wellthat they drove away ten British men-of-\var, carrying twohundred and fifty-four guns. In the midst of the battle theflag on the fort was shot down. Sergeant William Jaspercaught up the ensign, climbed the wall, and fixed it in itsplace, while the balls whistled round him. In 1778, the British took Savannah, Georgia, and impris-oned hundreds of patriots who would not join their Lincoln, who commanded the American army, with-drew to Charleston, where the nextyear he was compelled to surrender toGeneral Clinton. General Gates, whosucceeded Lincoln, was defeated byCoinwallis at Camden, and then Gen-eral Greene
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