William Dobein James, Author at The History Carper

Francis Marion, Chapter III, Campaign of 1781, part 2

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein James1780-11-20 Blackstock's Farm, 1781-02-20 to 05-15 Siege of Fort Granby, 1781-04-18 Pocotaligo, 1781-04-25 Hobkirk's Hill, 1781-05-08 to 05-12 Fort Motte, 1781-05-22 to 06-19 Siege of Ninety-Six, 1781-08-31 Parker's Ferry, 1781-09-08 Eutaw Springs, African Americans, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

Col. Watson was considered by the British one of their best partisans; yet we have seen how he was foiled. Had his regiment attempted, as was no doubt intended, to ford the river at the lower bridge, they would have found the passage narrow, and the river at that time deep; or had he undertaken…

Francis Marion, Chapter III, Campaign of 1781, part 1

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein James1781-01-17 Cowpens, 1781-01-23 Georgetown, 1781-02-20 to 05-15 Siege of Fort Granby, 1781-04-15 to 04-16 Siege of Fort Watson, 1781-05-08 to 05-12 Fort Motte, 1781-05-09 Orangeburgh, 1781-05-22 to 06-19 Siege of Ninety-Six, 1781-08-31 Parker's Ferry, African Americans, Banastre Tarleton, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

The year 1781 commenced under auspices more propitious than those of the last year. The British had exercised so much oppression and rapacity over all those who would not join them, and so much insolence over those who did, and were in the least suspected, that the people of South Carolina found there was no…

Francis Marion, Chapter II, Campaign of 1780

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein JamesAfrican Americans, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

Sir Henry Clinton arrives with an army of 12,000 men in South Carolina. The General Assembly sitting in Charleston, break up. Gen. Lincoln shuts himself up in the town, and Clinton lays siege to it. Before the town is entirely hemmed in, Marion dislocates his ankle, and retires into the country. The town capitulates. Tarleton’s…

Francis Marion, Chapter I

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein James1761-06-10 Echoee, 1775-09-15 Fort Johnson, 1776-06-28 Sullivan's Island, 1778-12-29 Savannah, 1779-02-03 Beaufort, 1779-05-03 Tulifinny, 1779-06-20 Stono Ferry, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

Birth of Gen. Marion. His Ancestry. First Destination of Going to Sea. Voyage to the West Indies and Shipwreck. His settlement in St. John’s, Berkley. Expedition under Governor Lyttleton. A Sketch of the Attack on Fort Moultrie, 1776. And the Campaign of 1779. FRANCIS MARION was born at Winyaw,1 near Georgetown, South Carolina, in the…

Francis Marion, Introduction

November 17, 1821June 26, 2024William Dobein James1780-03-29 to 05-12 Siege of Charleston, Brigadier General Francis Marion, Francis Marion, Heroes, Native Americans, Revolutionary America

A. S. Salley’s Introduction to the 1948 edition But for an accident General Francis Marion probably would not have been the hero of the Revolution that he became. In June, 1775, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina, the extra-legal body of the revolting people of the province, organized three regiments of regular troops in…