A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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... Camden . Skirmish of Brigadier General Sumpter . - Gates and Cornwallis meet between Clermont and Camden . -Battle and defeat of Gates - Losses of the American army - Surprise and discomfiture of General Sumpter .---- Retreat of the ...
... Camden . Skirmish of Brigadier General Sumpter . - Gates and Cornwallis meet between Clermont and Camden . -Battle and defeat of Gates - Losses of the American army - Surprise and discomfiture of General Sumpter .---- Retreat of the ...
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... Camden , by the time Tarleton returned from the mas- sacre of Buford's party at the Waxhaws . From this place he ... Camden . Cornwallis having now , as hesupposed , firmly estab- lished his authority at Augusta , Ninety Six , and ...
... Camden , by the time Tarleton returned from the mas- sacre of Buford's party at the Waxhaws . From this place he ... Camden . Cornwallis having now , as hesupposed , firmly estab- lished his authority at Augusta , Ninety Six , and ...
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... Camden . The calm which followed the success of the royal army , was not of long duration . The intelligence which Cornwallis had constantly kept up with the tories of North Carolina , and which had been such as to make him secure of ...
... Camden . The calm which followed the success of the royal army , was not of long duration . The intelligence which Cornwallis had constantly kept up with the tories of North Carolina , and which had been such as to make him secure of ...
Page 316
... Camden , whence he despatched intelligence to Lord Cornwallis of his situation . Gates followed , continuing to march up the north side of the creek to Rudgely's mill , where he took post , and where for the present we shall leave him ...
... Camden , whence he despatched intelligence to Lord Cornwallis of his situation . Gates followed , continuing to march up the north side of the creek to Rudgely's mill , where he took post , and where for the present we shall leave him ...
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... Camden : he had been joined here , however , by General Stevens with 700 Virginia militia , and seemed to think it a matter of course that Lord Rawdon would retire on his appear- ance before Camden , as he had done from Lynch's creek ...
... Camden : he had been joined here , however , by General Stevens with 700 Virginia militia , and seemed to think it a matter of course that Lord Rawdon would retire on his appear- ance before Camden , as he had done from Lynch's creek ...
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