A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . efficient officer, who was among the slain, was very miiclifelt. The blow w^as a severe one to Cornwallis, and compelledjiiin to make a retrograde march into South Carolina. XL Marion* {md-re-un), by hisstratagems and expedients, con-tinued to frustrate the purposes ofBritish detachments, and Sumter,appearing again in the field afterhis rout at Fishing Creek, wasvictorious in two engagements—•one at Fishdam Ford, with MajorWemyss (wemz), and the other
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . efficient officer, who was among the slain, was very miiclifelt. The blow w^as a severe one to Cornwallis, and compelledjiiin to make a retrograde march into South Carolina. XL Marion* {md-re-un), by hisstratagems and expedients, con-tinued to frustrate the purposes ofBritish detachments, and Sumter,appearing again in the field afterhis rout at Fishing Creek, wasvictorious in two engagements—•one at Fishdam Ford, with MajorWemyss (wemz), and the otherat Blackstocks, with Tarleton. XII. At the north, in the meantime, events of great importancewere taking place. Sir Henry Clinton, having heard thata mutinous spirit was breaking out in Washingtons army,deemed the occasion propitious for an expedition. Accord-ingly, a force of five thousand men, under Knyphausen,advanced into New Jersey, took possession of Elizabeth, andburned Connecticut Farms, a village now called a second advance, also led by Knyphausen, the British weremet at Springfield, on the 23d of June, and GENERAL MARION. * Francis Marion was born in South Carolina, in 1732. The amount of service which lie rendered thepatriot cause during the Revolution can hardly be estimated. He was sometimes at the head of an inde-pendent force, surprising relief and supply parties of the British, and often rescnins captive Americans ; andthen he and Sumter would be engaged in some darinj; enterprise, or he would aid Greene. All attemptsof the enemy to overreach or baffle him were entirely futile. He was an honest man and a pure death occurred in XI. Questions.—IS. What is said of Marions successes? 49. Of Sumters ? is Fishdam Ford? (See map, p. 164.) 51. Where is Blackstocks? (Seemap, p. 164.) XII. 52. What prompted Clinton to send an expedition into New .Jersey ? expedition did he send ? 54. What did Knyphausen accompl
Size: 1459px × 1712px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorandersonjohnjjohnjaco, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860
