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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Divisions in congress....Letters from general Washington on
the state of public affairs....Invasion of Georgia....General
Howe defeated by the British under colonel Campbell,
who takes possession of Savannah....Sunbury surrenders
to general Prevost....The state of Georgia reduced....
General Lincoln takes the command of the southern army
....Major Gardner defeated by general Moultrie....Insur-
rection of the tories in South Carolina, who are defeated by
colonel Pickens.... Ash surprised, and defeated by Prevost
....Prevost compels Moultrie to retreat....Lincoln attacks
the British at the ferry, but without success....Invasion
of Virginia by general Mathews.
CHAPTER II.
Discontents in a part of the American army....Letter from
general Washington on this subject....Colonel Van Schaick
surprises and destroys one of the Indian settlements....
Expedition under general Sullivan against the Indian settle-
ments....Fort Fayette surrendered to the British....Invasion
of Connecticut....General Wayne surprises and takes Stony
Point...Expedition under colonel M'Lean against Penob-
scot....The British post at Powles-hook surprised by major
Lee, and the garrison made prisoners.
CHAPTER III.
St. Lucia taken by the British....St. Vincents and Grenada by
the French....Count D'Estaing with his fleet arrives on
the southern coast of America....Siege of Savannah by the
combined armies....Unsuccessful attempt to storm it....
The siege raised.... Victory gained by general Sullivan
over the Indians at Newtown....Spain offers her mediation
to the belligerent powers....War between Spain and
England... Letter from general Washington to congress....
The American army go into winter quarters.
CHAPTER IV.
Sir Henry Clinton invests Charleston....Colonel Washington
defeats Tarlton....Opinion of general Washington on the
subject of defending Charleston....Tarlton surprises and
defeats an American corps at Monk's corner.. .The garri-
son of fort Moultrie surrender themselves prisoners of war
....Colonel White defeated by Tarlton....General Lincoln
capitulates....Buford defeated....Sir Henry Clinton takes
measures for settling the government of South Carolina
and Georgia.... General Gates appointed to the command
of the southern army.... Is defeated by lord Cornwallis near
Camden....Baron de Kalb killed....Success of general
Sumpter.... His defeat.
CHAPTER V.
Distress in the American camp....Expedition against Staten
island....Financial regulations....Committee of congress
deputed to camp....General Knyphausen enters Jersey...
Sir Henry Clinton returns to New York....Skirmish at
Springfield....La Fayette brings intelligence of aid from
France....Exertions of congress and of the commander in
chief to strengthen the army....Tardy proceedings of the
states....Arrival of a French armament in Rhode Island....
Plans of eventual operations... Sir Henry Clinton embarks
for Newport....Washington marches against New York....
Return of Clinton....Enterprise against New York relin-
quished....Naval superiority of the British....Plans for the
campaign abandoned.
CHAPTER VI.
Treason and escape of Arnold....Precautions for the security
of West Point....Trial and execution of major Andre
....Parties in congress... Letter of general Washington on
American affairs... Proceedings of congress respecting the
army.. Major Talmadge destroys the British stores at
Coram....Army retires into winter quarters...Irruption of
major Carlton into New York...European transactions.
CHAPTER VII.
Transactions in South Carolina and Georgia....Defeat of
Ferguson....Lord Cornwallis enters North Carolina...
Retreats out of that state....Major Wemys attacks and is
defeated by Sumpter....Greene appointed to the command.
of the southern army... Arrives in camp...Detaches Morgan
over the Catawba....Battle of the Cowpens....Pursuit of
the American army through North Carolina into Virginia
...Lord Cornwallis retires to Hillsborough...Greene re-
crosses the Dan....Party of loyalists commanded by colonel
Pyle cut to pieces....Battle of Guilford....Lord Cornwallis
retires to Ramsay's mills, and afterwards, to Wilmington
....Greene advances to Ramsay's mills with a determination
to enter South Carolina... Lord Cornwallis resolves to
march to Virginia.
CHAPTER VIII.
Virginia invaded by Arnold...He destroys valuable stores at
Richmond....Retires to Portsmouth... Mutiny in the Penn-
sylvania line...Sir H. Clinton attempts to negotiate with
the mutineers... They compromise with the civil authority
...Mutiny in the Jersey line... Mission of colonel Laurens
to France...Propositions to Spain... Recommendations re-
lative to a duty on imported and prize goods.... Reform in
the organization of the executive departments...Confeder
ation adopted...Military transactions... Fayette detached to
Virginia... Destouches sails for the Chesapeak ..Operations
of the British army in Virginia....Cornwallis arrives...
Presses Fayette over the Rapidan...Fayette forms a junc-
tion with Wayne ..Cornwallis retires to the lower country
....General Washington's letters are intercepted.... Action
near Jamestown.
CHAPTER IX.
State of affairs at the beginning of the year 1781....Super-
intendant of finances appointed....Designs of general Wash-
ington against New York....Count Rochambeau marches
to the North river....Intelligence from the count De
Grasse....Naval engagement....Plan of operations against
lord Cornwallis.... The combined armies march for the
Chesapeak....Expedition of Arnold against New London....
Yorktown invested...Surrender of lord Cornwallis.
CHAPTER X.
Greene invests Camden....Battle of Hobkirk's hill....Several
British posts taken... Lord Rawdon retires into the lower
country....Greene invests Ninety-six....Is repulsed, and
retires from before that place....Active movements of the
two armies... After a short repose they resume active
operations....Battle of Eutaw.... The British army retires
towards Charleston.
CHAPTER XI.
Preparations for another campaign....Proceedings in the Bri-
tish parliament....Conciliatory conduct of general Carlton
....Negotiations for peace.... Preliminary and eventual arti-
cles agreed upon between the United States and Great
Britain....Discontents of the American army....Anonymous
letters and the proceedings in consequence thereof.... Mea
sures for disbanding the army....Mutiny of a part of the
Pennsylvania line....Peace concluded....Evacuation of New
York....General Washington resigns his commission and
retires to Mount Vernon.