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How the Black St. Domingo Legion Saved the Patriot Army in the Siege of Savannah, 1779: The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 5

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In a remote way,
which it is the purpose of this paper to trace, that sanguinary struggle had a
wider bearing upon the progress of liberty in the Western World than any other
one battle fought during the Revolution.
But first let us listen to the story of the battle itself. Colonel Campbell with a
force of three thousand men, captured Savannah in December 1778; and in the
January following, General Prevost arrived, and by March had established a sort
of civil government in Georgia, Savannah being the capital. In April, the
American general, Lincoln, feeble in more senses than one, perhaps, began a
movement against Savannah by way of Augusta; but Prevost, aware of his
purpose, crossed into South Carolina and attempted an attack upon Charleston.

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Series Title

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335.35 TGS h

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : the Academy., 1899

Collation

23 hlm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

EBook #31256

Classification

335.35

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text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

revolutionary war,
Americans -Africans

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Statement of Responsibility

T. G. Steward

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