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Title: A history of the United States
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Thomas, Allen Clapp, 1846-1920. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ad experienced nothing of the war since an attack onCharleston in 1776, and had been the place from which thecontinental armies had drawn much of their supplies; more-over, it was believed that the inhabitants were very lukewarmin their adherence to the American cause, as there wasundoubtedly a large number of Tories. Late in 1778 theBritish sent an expedition from New York against Savan-nah, and very soon captured it. In the spring of 1780 theysucceeded in shutting up General Lincoln, the Americancommander, in Charleston, and he was forced to surrender.Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander-in-chief, himselftook part in the attack. Leaving Cornwallis in charge ofthe southern forces, Clinton returned to New York. The 1 Arnold received the reward for what he intended to do, the commissionof a general in the British army and £G815 sterling. He fought against hiscountry in Connecticut and in Virginia; went to England and then to NewBrunswick ; but he was always regarded with contempt.
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Refereuce Map lor the Revolution — SOUTHERN SPATES. I GATESS FAILURE; GREENE. 127 British now had complete control of Georgia, and restoredthe royal government. In no part of the war was there somuch retaliation practised. The Whigs and Tories foughtamong themselves. Marauding expeditions from both sideswent up and down the country pillaging and destroying,every now and then meeting and fighting, with success anddefeat about equally distributed. 135. Gatess Failure; Greene. (1780-1781.) — Congress sentGates, who had gained undeserved reputation from Saratoga,to take command of the southern armies. He met the Brit-ish at Camden, South Carolina. Here, though he had fullytwice as many men as Cornwallis, he was totally defeated,and, fleeing ahead of his army, he hardly paused in his rapidflight until some seventy miles distant from the field of bat-tle. A large part of Gatess forces, it is true, were militia,who fled at the first shot of the British, but his reputationwas gone. South

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