4 ther observed that this had occurred to him alse, but that, as contradictory opinions existed respecting the authorship of that great paper, some ascribing it to Mr. R. H. Lee, and others to Mr. Jefferson he thought it would be the fairer way to decline any expression on the subject. At the time this conversation took place, the uncertainty alluded to did prevail in the minds of many persons, who inferred from the fact of Mr. Lee's having been chairman of the Committee, raised to report on his proposition of independence, and from a corrected copy of the declaration being found among his papers, that he was the author of the instrument itself. This being now completely removed, I have made the text conform to the amendment, which was declined expressly in consequence of its temporary prevalence; as the reader will find at page 119. Such notes as I have added, it is hoped will increase the interest of the work, and facilitate its accurate comprehension by the military student. Washington, 1st December, 1826. H. LEE. INDEX. A American forces, estimate of......... Armstrong, Captain John, his capture....................................................... enters Richmond...... ...................... takes post at Portsmouth, Virginia................... Augusta, investment of, by Pickens and Lee........... its surrender...... Burgoyne, general, invades the U. S......................... Camden, battle of ............ 94 Camden, battle near, between Greene and Rawdon.................................................................. 225 229 Champe, John, sergeant major, his attempt to seize Arnold........ 270 to 284 Charleston, surrender of............ finally evacuated by the British..... Coates, lieut. col. the pursuit of, by Sumpter, Marion, and Lee. Capture Cowpens, the battle of....... 39 73 from 265 to 270 ...... ........ Cornwallis arrives with his army at Wilmington..... establishes himself at Winnsborough. removes to Portsmouth...... concentrates his forces at York and Gloucester.................. 312 Cherokees. Their irruption upon the district of Ninety-Six............... 382 34 407 D Davidson, lieut. col. the death of.... 96 Davie, lieut. col. skirmishes with the British...................................... .......................... 105 Donope, count, repulsed and killed at Redbauk.............. 96 23 Eggleston, major, his route and capture of a foraging party, and forty-five Page. 332 Galpin Fort, taken by lieut. col. Lee....... Gates, general, succeeds Lincoln in the command of the South....... ..... ...... ........ Greene, Nathaniel, succeeds Gates in command of the South.... 236 84 40 118 character of.............................................. Hampton, his dispersion and capture of some mounted refugees.................... Hayne, colonel Isaac, narrative of the circumstances which led to his exe- Hanging Rock, attack on the British post of..... Howe, general Robert, defeated by lieut. col. Campbell............... Laurens, lieut. col. John, placed in command of the infantry of the light Lee captures and releases the wounded of Stewart's army Lincoln, Major General, appointed commander in chief of the southern army 43 M 339 Marion and Lee, detached to interrupt Stewart's retreat............................................ ..... his corps surprised and routed, during his absence from it, while 86 Morris, Robert, placed at the head of the Treasury.. Morris, major, death of............. Motte, Fort, the capture of, by Marion and Lee....................... Mudd Island, defence of......... N Page. Naval engagement between the French and English fleets, off the coast of Ninety-Six, invested by general Greene..... unsuccessfully assaulted........ North, lord, character of...... P 197 ........ 239 255 39 Parker, col. Richard, death of............ Philadelphia occupied by the British........................................................................................... 75 18 198 drives Steuben out of Petersburgh, and devastates that town...... 199 200 87 Pickens, general Andrew, character of............................... Savannah, beseiged by count D'Estaing and general Lincoln........................................ siege raised...... Virginia, Cornwallis's invasion of, narrated in Chap. 31 beginning at...... 284 invasion of by general Matthews...... W ............ 53 Washington, gen. George, attacks the British at Germantown. his junction with the French army, and threatens New York. 344 White, col. John, his singular exploit... INDEX TO THE APPENDIX. The appendix contains, besides the official documents referred to Page. Burgoyne, lieutenant general....... Davie, William Richardson............................................................................. ......... 421 Greene, lieutenant colonel Christopher......................................................................................................... 436 438 Marion, brigadier general Francis...... Morgan, brigadier general Daniel... 432 428 Pickens, brigadier general Andrew. 442 427 Washington, lieutenant colonel William.. ....................... 434 Wayne, brigadier general Anthony... 448 Williams, brigadier general Otho Holland: and A letter from the Marquis of Hastings, formerly Lord Rawdon, and then |