The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3

The Life of George Washington,
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Title: The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (of 5) Commander in
Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the
Independence of his Country and First President of the United States
Author: John Marshall
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LIFE OF George Washington by John Marshall ISSUED IN ITS
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subject: "All of his features were indications of the strongest and most
ungovernable passions, and had he been born in the forest, he would
have been the fiercest man among the savage tribes."_]

THE
LIFE
OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
OF THE
AMERICAN FORCES,
DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE
INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY,
AND

FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
COMPILED UNDER THE INSPECTION OF
THE HONOURABLE BUSHROD WASHINGTON,
FROM
ORIGINAL PAPERS
BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY HIS DECEASED RELATIVE, AND
NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE AUTHOR.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTION,
CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES
PLANTED BY THE ENGLISH ON THE
CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA,
FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATED IN THEIR
INDEPENDENCE.
BY JOHN MARSHALL.
VOL. III.
THE CITIZENS' GUILD OF WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD HOME
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
1926

Printed in the U.S.A.
[Transcriber's Note: In the original book, some proper names are
spelled inconsistently. The inconsistencies have been preserved in this
e-text. For the reader's information, the first of each of the following
pairs of names is the correct spelling: Wemys/Wemyss,
Tarleton/Tarlton; Dundass/Dundas; M'Lane/M'Clane;
Viominel/Viominil.]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Incursion into Jersey.... General Lacy surprised.... Attempt on Lafayette
at Barren hill.... General Howe resigns the command of the British
army.... Is succeeded by Sir H. Clinton.... He evacuates Philadelphia,
and marches through the Jerseys.... A council of war which decides
against attacking the British on their march.... Battle of Monmouth....
General Lee arrested.... Sentenced to be suspended for one year....
Thanks of Congress to General Washington and his army.
CHAPTER II.
Count D'Estaing arrives with a French fleet.... Meditates an attack on
the British fleet in New York harbour.... Relinquishes it.... Sails to
Rhode Island.... Lord Howe appears off Rhode Island.... Both fleets
dispersed by a storm.... General Sullivan lays siege to Newport....
D'Estaing returns.... Sails for Boston.... Sullivan expresses his
dissatisfaction in general orders.... Raises the siege of Newport....
Action on Rhode Island.... The Americans retreat to the Continent....
Count D'Estaing expresses his dissatisfaction with Sullivan in a letter to
congress.... General Washington labours successfully to heal these
discontents.... Lord Howe resigns the command of the British fleet....
Colonel Baylor's regiment surprised.... Captain Donop defeated by
Colonel Butler.... Expedition of the British against Egg Harbour....
Pulaski surprised.

CHAPTER III.
Arrival of the British commissioners.... Terms of conciliation
proposed.... Answer of congress to their propositions.... Attempts of Mr.
Johnson to bribe some members of congress.... His private letters
ordered to be published.... Manifesto of the commissioners, and
counter-manifesto of congress.... Arrival of Monsieur Girard, minister
plenipotentiary of France.... Hostilities of the Indians.... Irruption into
the Wyoming settlement.... Battle of Wyoming.... Colonel Dennison
capitulates for the inhabitants.... Distress of the settlement.... Colonel
Clarke surprises St. Vincent.... Congress determines to invade Canada....
General Washington opposes the measure.... Induces congress to
abandon it.
CHAPTER IV.
Divisions in Congress.... Letters of General Washington on the state of
public affairs.... Invasion of Georgia.... General Howe defeated by
Colonel Campbell.... Savannah taken.... Sunbury surrenders.... Georgia
reduced.... General Lincoln takes command of the Southern army....
Major Gardener defeated by General Moultrie.... Insurrection of the
Tories in South Carolina.... They are defeated by Colonel Pickens....
Ash surprised and defeated.... Moultrie retreats.... Prevost marches to
Charleston.... Lincoln attacks the British at Stono Ferry
unsuccessfully.... Invasion of Virginia.
CHAPTER V.
Discontents in a part of the American army.... Letter from General
Washington on