The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 | Page 2

the subject.... Colonel Van Schaick destroys an Indian
settlement.... Expedition against the Indians meditated.... Fort Fayette
surrendered to the British.... Invasion of Connecticut.... General Wayne
storms Stony Point.... Expedition against Penobscot.... Powles Hook
surprised by Major Lee.... Arrival of Admiral Arbuthnot.... Of the
Count D'Estaing.... Siege of Savannah.... Unsuccessful attempt to storm
that place.... Siege raised.... Victory of General Sullivan at Newtown....
Spain offers her mediation to the belligerents.... Declares war against

England.... Letter from General Washington to congress respecting the
annual formation of the army.... The army goes into winter quarters.
CHAPTER VI.
South Carolina invaded.... The British fleet passes the bar, and gets
possession of the harbour of Charleston.... Opinion of General
Washington on the propriety of defending that place.... Sir Henry
Clinton invests the town.... Tarleton surprises an American corps at
Monk's Corner.... Fort Moultrie surrendered.... Tarleton defeats Colonel
White.... General Lincoln capitulates.... Buford defeated....
Arrangements for the government of South Carolina and Georgia.... Sir
Henry Clinton embarks for New York.... General Gates takes command
of the Southern army.... Is defeated near Camden.... Death of De Kalb....
Success of General Sumpter.... He is defeated.
CHAPTER VII.
Distress in the American camp.... Expedition against Staten Island....
Requisitions on the states.... New scheme of finance.... Committee of
congress deputed to camp.... Resolution to make up depreciation of
pay.... Mutiny in the line of Connecticut.... General Knyphausen enters
Jersey.... Sir Henry Clinton returns to New York.... Skirmish at
Springfield.... Exertions to strengthen the army.... Bank established in
Philadelphia.... Contributions of the ladies.... Farther proceedings of the
states.... Arrival of a French armament in Rhode Island.... Changes in
the quartermaster's department.... Enterprise against New York
abandoned.... Naval superiority of the British.
CHAPTER VIII.
Treason and escape of Arnold.... Trial and execution of Major André....
Precautions for the security of West Point.... Letter of General
Washington on American affairs.... Proceedings of congress respecting
the army.... Major Talmadge destroys the British stores at Coram....
The army retires into winter quarters.... Irruption of Major Carleton into
New York.... European transactions.

CHAPTER IX.
Transactions in South Carolina and Georgia.... Defeat of Ferguson....
Lord Cornwallis enters North Carolina.... Retreat out of that state....
Major Wemys defeated by Sumpter.... Tarleton repulsed.... Greene
appointed to the command of the Southern army.... Arrives in camp....
Detaches Morgan over the Catawba.... Battle of the Cowpens.... Lord
Cornwallis drives Greene through North Carolina into Virginia.... He
retires to Hillsborough.... Greene recrosses the Dan.... Loyalists under
Colonel Pyle cut to pieces.... Battle of Guilford.... Lord Cornwallis
retires to Ramsay's mills.... To Wilmington.... Greene advances to
Ramsay's mills.... Determines to enter South Carolina.... Lord
Cornwallis resolves to march to Virginia.
CHAPTER X.
Virginia invaded by Arnold.... He destroys the stores at Westham and
at Richmond.... Retires to Portsmouth.... Mutiny in the Pennsylvania
line.... Sir H. Clinton attempts to negotiate with the mutineers.... They
compromise with the civil government.... Mutiny in the Jersey line....
Mission of Colonel Laurens to France.... Propositions to Spain....
Recommendations relative to a duty on imported and prize goods....
Reform in the Executive departments.... Confederation adopted....
Military transactions.... Lafayette detached to Virginia.... Cornwallis
arrives.... Presses Lafayette.... Expedition to Charlottesville, to the
Point of Fork.... Lafayette forms a junction with Wayne.... Cornwallis
retires to the lower country.... General Washington's letters are
intercepted.... Action near Jamestown.
CHAPTER XI.
Farther state of affairs in the beginning of the year 1781.... Measures of
Mr. Morris, the superintendent of finances.... Designs of General
Washington against New York.... Count Rochambeau marches to the
North River.... Intelligence from the Count de Grasse.... Plan of
operations against Lord Cornwallis.... Naval engagement.... The
combined armies march for the Chesapeake.... Yorktown invested....

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

THE LIFE
OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON
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.
[Sidenote: 1778]
The position at Valley Forge had been taken for the purposes of
covering the country, protecting the magazines, and cutting off all
supplies to Philadelphia. Although the intercourse of the inhabitants
with that place could not be entirely prevented; the sufferings of the
British army from the scarcity of fresh provisions and forage were
considerable; and, as the spring opened, several expeditions were
undertaken both to relieve their own wants, and to distress the army of
the United States.
About the middle of March, Colonel Mawhood and Major Simcoe, who
were detached into Jersey at the head of about twelve hundred men,
landed at Salem, nearly opposite Reedy Island, and dispersed the small
bodies of militia who