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Malmedy, Colonel Francis, Mar- quis de France, Greene despatches to North Carolina for assistance, 433; commands militia of North Carolina at Eutaw, 446; his position in line, 448.
Manchester, Duke of, speech of, in House of Lords, on Colonel Hayne's case, 404.
Manning, Lieutenant Laurence, Lee's Legion, 80; wounded at Eutaw, 461. Manson, sets fire to Georgetown, 318. Mariette, Abraham, on prison ship, 359.
Marion, General Francis, mentioned, 1; engaged in active movements, 17; informs Greene of Leslie's arrival and march for Camden, 18; men- tioned, 36, 56; his raids against Brit- ish communication, 77, 78; Greene's letter to him, 78; his commission as brigadier-general, 82; appoints his
staff, ibid .; receives intelligence of Tory organization under Hector McNeill, North Carolina, 85; Lee ordered to join him, 85; Lee reaches his camp, 86; attempt upon George- town, 86, 87, 88; with Lee moves against Watson at Nelson's Ferry ; despatches Postell across Santee to Monck's Corner, 99; assails McLe- roth at Halfway Swamp, 100; pro- posed combat by picked men, 102, 103; McLeroth escapes him, 104; Watson sent to crush him, 111; am- buscades Watson at Wiboo, 113; conflict with Watson at Mount Hope, 115, 116; at Witherpoon's, 116; pur- sues Watson who abandons the field, 117; attacks Doyle, defeats and pursues him, 118; determines to re- treat to North Carolina, 119; learns of Lee's return to South Carolina, 120; mentioned, 137; Governor Rut- ledge writes him, has put Sumter in command of all militia, 140; Sumter appeals to him for conference, 140, 141; mentioned, 150; his action upon British seizure of Postell under his flag, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155; men- tioned, 160; Greene sends letter in- forming him of movement into South Carolina, 163; mentioned, 169; joined by Lee, 170, 171; or- dered to cooperate with Lee on Brit- ish posts, ibid .; their movements, 171; Marion proposes attack upon Fort Watson, Lee advises against it, 171, 172; his corps reduced, 173; investment and capture of Fort Watson, 173, 174, 175; question as to his command of Lee, 176, 177; Greene's praise of, 177, 178; luke- warm report of, to Washington and Reed, in regard to, 178, 179, 180, 181; Greene's disparagement of, in letter to Reed, 202; Greene congratulates on capture of Fort Watson and summonses to join him, 204; order countermanded, moves to High Hills of Santee, 206; with Lee proceeds to Black River, ibid .; Greene complains to Sumter about his taking horses, 210; Wat-
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son eludes, 213, 214, 215; mentioned, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228; brilliant suc- cesses of, 229; with Lee invests Fort Motte, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235; captures fort, 235; mentioned, 239; Greene's calls on him for horses, 240, 241; Lee complains to Greene on subject, which results in Marion's tender of resignation, 241; resigna- tion not accepted, 242; moves to Monck's Corner, ibid .; mentioned, 251, 263; Greene calls upon to join him, 286; marches to Georgetown, 286; reports to Sumter arrival at Charlestown of reinforcements, 287, 288, 289; Greene sends order to, 290; mentioned, 294, 298, 304; prepares for expedition to Low-Country, 307; joins Washington, 312; summoned to join Greene, 313; his treaty with Gainey, 317, 318; takes part in Sumter expedition to Low-Country and battle of Quinby bridge, 322, 343; approves Grimké's plan for release of prisoners, 256; mentioned, 380; Greene informs him of Hayne's execution, 399; mentioned, 413, 415, 420, 421, 431, 432 ; Colonel Washing- ton ordered to cooperate with, 434; watches Fair Lawn, 435, 437 ; Harden appeals to for assistance, 438; pro- ceeds to Harden's assistance, 439; receives thanks of Congress, 440; re- turns to Greene, 441; takes part in battle of Eutaw, 446, 448, 450, 451, 459; detached by Greene, 464; re- turns, 465; mentioned, 466, 483; Shelby and Sevier ordered to join, 484; checked in his advance, 485; charged with guarding left of army, 486 ; affair at Fair Lawn, 487, 488, 489 ; Stuart's insolent communication to, 489; takes part at Wadboo, 493; Wade Hampton keeps communica- tion between him and Sumter, ibid .; brigade reorganized by Governor Rutledge, 514; mentioned, 520, 530, 536, 537, 538, 545, 547, 553, 554 ; mem- ber of the Jacksonborough legisla- ture, 557; his course therein in regard to General Greene, 167, 168; House commends, 569; mentioned, 574, 575;
position in regard to Confiscation Acts, 582, 583; retires to Wambaw, 593; attends Jacksonborough assem- bly, leaves Peter Horry in command of his brigade, 595; correspondence with Greene, Maham, and Horry, upon Maham's claim to rank and command Horry, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600; learns of Thompson's expedi- tions against his brigade, but de- tained at Jacksonborough about Confiscation Act, 601; at length sets out with Maham for his command, but too late, brigade surprised and dispersed, 602, 603, 604; disastrous result of his detention at Jackson- borough, 606; rallies his men again around him, 606; Laurens ordered to his support, 606; retires beyond Santee, 607; recrosses, 637; moves against Tories, who again rise under Gainey, 638; affair with them, 639; makes new treaty, 639; makes great march to Georgetown, 640; takes post at Wadboo, 641; affair at Fays- soux's, 649, 650, 651; his warfare ends, 651; mentioned, 718, 724, 727, 728, 730, 733, 738.
Marritt, or Merritt, James, seized by Marion in retaliation for seizure of Postell, 154, 155.
Martin, Captain N., wounded at Eu- taw, 461.
Mathews's Bluff, affair at, 259.
Mathews, John, General Greene ap- pointed Commander Southern De- partment at instance of, 6; men- tioned, 495; member of Jackson- borough legislature, 557; elected governor, 572; authorizes truce with Tories, 627; General Leslie addresses him on subject of Con- fiscation Act, 633; his reply thereto, 633, 634, 635; allows Pickens to pro- ceed against Cherokees in Georgia, 654; grants permission to British merchants to remain in Charlestown after evacuation, 657, 658 ; enters in- to agreement with General Leslie to secure property on both sides, 658, 659, 660; agreement evaded by Leslie is put an end to, 561; enters
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Charlestown on its evacuation, 672, 673.
Maxwell, Major (Br.), surrenders Fort Granby to Lee, 237, 238, 239; mentioned, 265, 737.
Maxwell, Captain, of company in ex- pedition against Indians, 655.
Maybank, Colonel, mentioned, 514. Mayson, Major, mentioned, 468.
Meade, George, Commissioner of Pennsylvania for Carolinian exiles in Philadelphia, 379, 380.
Melton, Captain John, Marion's bri- gade, takes part in affair at Cypress Swamp, 440.
Merchants, British, allowed permis- sion to remain in Charlestown after evacuation, 657, 658.
Meyer, Philip, on prison ship, 359. Michael, John, on prison ship, 358. Middleton, Arthur (signer of Declara- tion of Independence), senator from St. Philip's and St. Michael's, 557; elected delegate to Congress, 572. Middleton, Henry, mentioned, 587.
Middleton, Hugh, attacked and de- feated by Hezekiah Williams, 476 ; member of Jacksonborough legisla- ture, 559.
Middleton, Lieutenant John, Lee's Legion, 80; volunteers upon special service, 623.
Middleton Place, army at, 669.
Milbin, John, killed by " Bloody Bill " Cuningham at Hayes's Station, 475.
Militia, none in South Carolina, be- cause no government in existence, place supplied by partisans, 137, 138, 139; Governor Rutledge's efforts to reorganize, 139, 140, 141; Sum- ter's letters to Marion on subject, 142, 143; Hampton's letter on same, 144; "Sumter's law" on same, 145, 146, 147, 148; Greene's misconcep- tion in regard thereto, 170.
Miller, Samuel, on prison ship, 359. Miller, Lieutenant, of Virginia, wounded at Eutaw, 460.
Milner, Solomon, on prison ship, 359. Milvin, John, killed at Hayes's Sta- tion, 475.
Minott, John, Sr., on prison ship, 359. Minott, John, Jr., on prison ship, 359. Mitchell, Captain Thomas, member of Jacksonborough legislature, 558. Mobley (Tory) Settlement, Sumter raids, 207.
Monck, George, on prison ship, 359.
Monck's Corner, Postell sent by Mar- ion to, 100, 101; Rawdon falls back to, 250; remains at, 285, 302; Colo- nel Coates (Br.), sent with regiment to, 325; Sumter advances upon, 327; Coates crosses from to Biggin Church, 331; Rawdon moves below, 341; affair at, mentioned, 551.
Moncrief, Colonel - (Br.), on evacu- ation carries off negroes, 661, 674. Moncrief, John, on prison ship, 358.
Montagu, Lord Charles Greville, ar- rives in Charlestown, 350; attempts to seduce prisoners from their alle- giance, 350 ; his correspondence with Moultrie, 352, 353.
Montgomery, Colonel, mentioned, 704.
Moore, Lieutenant, of Maryland, wounded, 667.
Moore, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen, on prison ship, 360; joins in reply to Balfour's announcement of holding prisoners as hostages, 360.
Moore, Captain, imprisoned in prov- ost, 369; wounded at Eutaw, 461.
Moore, Major, defeated by General Cuningham, 485.
Moore, Ensign (Md.), wounded at Eu- taw, 460.
Moore, Ensign (N. C.), wounded at Eutaw, 460.
Moore's Surprise, 485; mentioned, 551.
Morris, Major Lewis, Jr., aide-de- camp to General Greene, 8.
Morris, Robert, financial agent of Congress, his plan, 518; Governor Rutledge recommends it, 519, 520; mentioned, 678, 680, 683; letter of Greene to, 690.
Morgan, General Daniel, arrives at Hillsboro, Gates organizes inde- pendent corps for his command, 10, 11; promoted brigadier-general,
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11; despatched to threaten Corn- wallis at Winnsboro, given com- mand west of the Catawba, 16; crosses the Catawba, takes part at Grindall's Shoals, 23, 26, 27; out- manœuvred by Tarleton, abandons Grindall's Shoals, 30; fights and wins the battle of Cowpens, 33, 51; Con- gress presents him with medal, 55; clash of authority with Sumter, 57, 58; mentioned, 65; Greene's letters to him, 66; his complaint against Sumter, 66, 67; same considered, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77; men- tioned, 90; his march from Cowpens to Gilbertown, 91; Greene goes to consult, 94; mentioned, 95; retires from the field, 120; mentioned, 279, 324, 541, 550, 721, 722.
Morgan, Captain Simeon (Va.), at battle of Hobkirk's Hill, 191; wounded at Eutaw, 460.
Mosse, George, on prison ship, 359.
Motte, Colonel Isaac, member Jack- sonborough legislature, senator from St. Philip's and St. Michael's, 557.
Motte, Jacob, mentioned, 233.
Motte, Rebecca, her patriotic conduct at siege of Fort Motte, furnishes arrows to burn her house, 233, 234. Motte, Fort (Br. post), mentioned, 220; investment and capture of, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 239; mentioned, 551, 724.
Moultrie, John, Lieutenant-Governor of East Florida, his conduct to exiles, 372.
Moultrie, General William, quartered as prisoner at Snee Farm, 345; correspondence with Cornwallis and Balfour in regard to treatment of prisoners, 346, 347, 348; Balfour's proposition to his son, 351; Mon- tagu's letter to him, 352; his reply, 352, 353, 354; correspondence with Balfour on subject of arrest of Grimké and Habersham, 355, 356; learns of cartel for exchange of prisoners, 356; mentioned, 557; member of Jacksonborough legis- lature, 557; correspondence with
Charles Pinckney mentioned, 587; exchanged for General Burgoyne, 668; his account of his journey home and to the army, 668, 669; enters city on its evacuation, 673; his account of same, 673, 674; on committee in regard to impress- ments, 687.
Moultrie, Fort, victory of, mentioned, 711, 735.
Moultrie, Mr., Balfour attempts to approach General Moultrie, his father, through him, 355.
Mount Hope, affair at, 115; men- tioned, 171, 537, 538, 551, 723.
Mud Lick, affair at, 115; mentioned, 538, 551.
Musgrove Mill, Battle of, mentioned, 53, 57.
Mutiny, Pennsylvannia Line, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623.
Mydelton, Colonel Charles S., men- tioned, 229; in command of Sumter's brigade at McCord's Ferry, 294; reports advance of British, 295; attacks Rawdon's rear, is ambus- caded by Coffin and defeated, 298; mentioned, 310; in Sumter's expe- dition to the Low-Country, 322, 340; mentioned, 425; at battle of Eutaw, 452; wounded, 461; (name in list misspelled, Middleton) mentioned, 514; his ambuscade mentioned, 551. Nash, Abner, Governor of North Carolina, mentioned, 9.
Neel, Colonel Andrew, mentioned, 717.
Neil, John, murdered at Hayes's Sta- tion, 475.
Nelson's Ferry, post established at, 18; Marion's movements against, 99, 100, 101; Balfour meets Rawdon at, 249; Rawdon crosses, 252; affair at, mentioned, 720, 724.
Neufville, John, released from St. Augustine, chief of party on voyage to Philadelphia, 377; member of the Jacksonborough legislature, 357.
Neufville, John, Jr., on prison ship, 359.
Neufville, William, on prison ship, 359.
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Newmarsh, Major (Br.), mentioned, 52.
Newton, Downham, captain of vessels, bearing exiles to Philadelphia, rec- ognized by Johnson, 378.
Neyle, Philip, death of, alluded to, plantation of, raided by British, 641. Ninety Six, men of, urged to re- sume arms, 18; mentioned, 22, 24; Morgan threatens, 26, 27; men- tioned, 32; men of, under Pickens, 34; Pickens at, 129, 130, 149; men- tioned, 170, 185, 254, 255; despatches to Cruger to abandon, intercepted, 256; Greene determines to move against, 256, 257; mentioned, 263; siege of, 278-300; mentioned, 307, 551, 734.
Ogier, Lewis, Marion's staff, 82. Oglethorpe, mentioned, 704.
Oldfield, James, Greene camps on his plantation, 343.
Oldfield, Captain, Royal militia, nego- tiates truce on part of Tories, 626, 627.
Oldham, Captain (Va.), killed at Eu- taw, 460.
Oliphant, Dr. David, surgeon-general, member of the Jacksonborough legislature, 557.
0'Neill (or O'Neale), Ferdinand, Lee's Legion, 80; at battle of Quin- by bridge, 335; volunteers to watch movement of enemy, 623; is at- tacked at Dorchester and defeated, 623, 624.
Orangeburgh (Br. post), fall of, 229, 230, 239; mentioned, 537, 538, 551, 724.
Owen, John, on prison ship, 359.
Owen, Captain, killed by "Bloody Bill " Cuningham at Hayes's Sta- tion, 475.
Owens, domestic servant, Greene's headquarters, tried for mutiny, 623. Palmer, Job, on prison ship, 359.
Parker, Sir Peter, mentioned, 711.
Parker, William, commissioner of the treasury, 572.
Parker's Ferry, affair at, 439.
Partisan Bands, supply place of mili-
tia, 137, 138, 139, 170; absent on
the reoccupation of Charlestown on its evacuation, 674.
Patterson, General, his assurance to Colonel Hayne, 132; commandant of Charlestown, 367.
Peace, approach of, 635, 636.
Pearis, Captain Richard (Tory), men- tioned, 549.
Pegee (Pegue ?), Captain, wounded at Eutaw, 461.
Pegues, Claudius, cartel for general exchange of prisoners executed at his house, 356.
Pendleton, Judge Henry, presides as judge in case under Sumter's law, 146, 147 ; a prisoner escapes, 345; his case, 346.
Pendleton, Nathaniel, aide-de-camp to General Greene, 8; reconnoitres position at Ninety Six, 282.
Pennsylvania Line, arrival of, 593; mutiny in, 620, 621, 622, 623.
Peronneau, Henry, Loyalist, men- tioned, 387.
Peronneau, Mrs., wife of Henry, her interview with Rawdon appealing for Colonel Hayne, 387; her appeal to him, 393, 394, 395.
Perry, Captain, killed at Quinby bridge, 338.
Peters, domestic servant Greene's headquarters, tried for mutiny, 623. Philips, General (Br.), takes the place of Leslie in Virginia, 93.
Philips, Lieutenant-Colonel John (Tory), not named in Confiscation Act, 586.
Pickens, Andrew, his honorable con- duct in regard to his parole, 18; his plantation plundered, regards him- self released therefrom, 19, 20; takes the field, 21; assumes com- mand, 21; great accession to the American cause, 22, 23; joins Mor- gan, ibid .; strength of his party, 32; takes part in battle of Cowpens, 38, 39, 40, 42, 45; receives the sword of Major McArthur, 50; Congress pre- sents him with a sword, 55; Morgan leaves him in charge of prisoners, 91 ; his movements, 91, 92; Greene rides to consult, 94; joins Greene, 120;
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appointed brigadier-general, com- mands North Carolina Whigs, 121; detaches McCall to attack British picket, 121; Greene visits his camp, 122; Lee put under his command, duty assigned him, 123; attacks and cuts to pieces Pyle's party, 123, 124, 125; ordered to repair to western part of South Carolina, 126; his affair at Dutchman's Creek, 126, 127; joined by Colonel Clarke, detaches Clarke and McCall to attack Dun- lap, 127; mentioned, 137, 160, 164, 165, 169, 182; Sumter reports had joined him, but without men, 185; mentioned, 202, 223, 226, 229, 258; engaged since his return from North Carolina rousing his people, 262; manœuvring between Augusta and Ninety Six, 263; joins Clarke at Augusta, 266; his relations with Lee, 267; command at siege of Augusta, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273; his report and action upon murder of Grierson, 274, 275; mentioned, 286; Greene appeals to, to join him, 286; joins Greene at Ninety Six, 296; men- tioned, 364; takes command of all state troops, 438; at Eutaw in com- mand of all South Carolina troops, 441, 446, 451; mentioned, 459; wounded, 461, 462; despatched to put down Indians, 484; men- tioned, 510; brigade reorganized by Governor Rutledge, 514; men- tioned, 547; member of Jackson- borough legislature, 559, 562; House commends his conduct, 569; marches against Cherokees, 624, 625; ad- vances to Quarter House, 652, 653; conducts a last expedition against Cherokees, 653, 654, 655; makes treaty with them, 655, 656; men- tioned, 725, 728, 733, 736, 738.
Pierce, William, Jr., aide-de-camp to General Greene, 8; writes to Sum- ter, 207.
Pinckney, Colonel Charles, men- tioned, 345; his abandonment of cause and taking protection referred to, 508-511; named in Amercement Act, 587.
Pinckney, Charles, Jr., on prison ship, 359; joins in reply to Balfour's announcement of holding prisoners as hostages, 360.
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, quar- tered as prisoner at Snee Farm, 345; efforts made to seduce from his allegiance, 354 ; member of Jack- sonborough legislature, 557 ; his opin- ion on doctrine of postliminium as applied to horses recaptured, 666, 667. Pinckney, Mayor Thomas, mentioned, 233; efforts made to seduce from his allegiance, 354; member of Jackson- borough legislature, 557.
Plummer, Major Daniel (Tory), not named in Confiscation Act, 586. Pocotaligo, affair at, 34.
Pocotaligo (Fort Balfour), Harden takes, 134; mentioned, 537 (misstated in text as in Colleton -should be Beaufort).
Police, British Board of, 139, 365. Polk, Colonel William, declines longer to act as commissary, 13.
Polk, Colonel Thomas, at battle of Eutaw, 452.
Polk, Lieutenant -, killed at Eutaw, 461.
Porter against Dunn, case of, involv- ing "Sumter's law," 145, 146, 147. Porterfield, Colonel, mentioned, 11.
Postell, Colonel James, Marion's bri- gade, 82; sent to Black River, 83; captures Captain De Peyster, ibid .; Marion sends him to Wadboo and Monck's Corner, where he captures prisoners and supplies, 99, 101; men- tioned, 119; elected member of the Jacksonborough legislature, 557, 558.
Postell, Captain John, Marion's bri- gade, 82; sent by Marion across Santee to Monck's Corner, 100, 101; is seized by British while under a flag from Marion, his case like that of Hayne, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155; his case delays exchange of pris- oners, 364 ; his case mentioned, 409, 514.
Postells, The, mentioned, 101, 537, 554, 574.
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Postliminium, doctrine of, and action of Greene thereon, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666.
Potterfield, Captain, (N.C.), killed at Eutaw, 460.
Potts, Captain, Marion's brigade, 100.
Power, Lieutenant Robert, Lee's Le- gion, 80.
Poyas, John, on prison ship, 359.
Pringle, John Julius, argument of, in case of Porter against Dunn, 146.
Prioleau, Philip, on board prison ship, 359; clerk of the Senate, 562.
Prisoners, British, treatment of, 344; cartel for exchange of executed, 356; the workings of, 362; Hyrne's con- duct in regard to, 362, 363, 364; ex- changed, 380.
Pritchard, the prisoner in provost, 369. Provost, prison in Exchange (Old Post Office), 368; prisoners confined in it, 368, 369.
Purvis, Captain John, mentioned, 229. Pyles, Colonel, defeat of, 123, 124, 125.
Quarter House, taken by Wade Hamp- ton, 327, 328; also by Lee, 329; men- tioned, 551.
Quincy, Josiah, mentioned, 367.
Quinby Bridge, battle of, 322-343; mentioned, 420, 544, 551, 725.
Radcliffe, Captain William, killed, 472.
Ramsay, Dr. David, Hayne com- municates to him reasons for his course, 383; member of Privy Council, 511; member of the Jack- sonborough legislature, 557; elected delegate to Congress, 572.
Ravenel, Daniel, plantation of, men- tioned. See Wantoot.
Rawdon, Lord Francis, question with Balfour as to command, 96, 97; mentioned, 98; marches to relief of Fort Granby, attacked by Sumter, 106; determines to crush Marion, 111; detaches Captain Grey to Dutch- man's Creek, 126; mentioned, 137; reënforced by Fraser, 164, 186; re- ceives information of Greene's ap- proach, 186 ; estimate of his strength, 187, 188; assumes the offensive,
attacks and defeats Greene at Hob- kirk's Hill, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196; reports to Cornwallis Watson's arrival at Camden, 215; disapproves of station at Camden, 225; appreciation of work of parti- san bands, revolt after his victory, abandons Camden, 227, 228; prepa- rations therefor, 228; Balfour meets him at Nelson's Ferry with report of rising of the country, 249; joined by McArthur, determines to endeavor to check operations of enemy, 250; mentioned, 252; directs the abandonment of Ninety Six, 255, 256; his despatches intercepted, 255, 256, 263; mentioned, 280, 285; marches for relief of Ninety Six, 292 ; passes Orangeburgh and Granby, 296, 297; recovers the country wrested from him, 304; mentioned, 307 ; falls back to Orangeburgh, 310; Stuart joins him at Orangeburgh, 313; estimate of his force, 316; moves from Orangeburgh, 341; his connection with the case of Colonel Hayne, 382-399; his conduct in re- gard to it discussed in House of Lords, 402-412; sails for Europe, 424; mentioned, 444; on his voyage to England is captured, 466; ex- changed for Governor Burke, ibid .; mentioned, 537, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726.
Rawdon Town, Tory refugees estab- lished at, 228.
Rawls, William, wounded at Wiggins's Hill, 260.
Rawls, Colton, wounded at Wiggins's Hill, 260.
Read, Jacob, imprisoned at St. Augus- tine, 371; member of privy council, 685.
Read, Captain, of Hampton's regi- ment, encounters and defeats, Brit- ish patrol at Quarter House, 328.
Read, Colonel, of North Carolina, at battle of Hobkirk's Hill, 191.
Reed, Colonel Joseph (Pa.), usually mentioned as governor, Greene's let- ters to, 59, 179, 180, 181.
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Reed, George, hung by Browne at Wiggins's Hill, 261.
Repose, Camp of, Greene establishes at High Hills of Santee, 413, 423. Rhody, Daniel, on prison ship, 359.
Richardson, General Richard, men- tioned, 58.
Richardson, Colonel Richard, Marion's brigade, 514; member of Jackson- borough legislature, 559; Coffin at- tacks and defeats him at Videau's bridge, 590, 591.
Richmond, Duke of, his pusillanimous conduct in regard to the case of Colonel Hayne, 408.
Righton, Joseph, on prison ship, 359. Ritchie, Captain -, killed by " Bloody Bill " Cuningham, 469.
Roberts, Colonel Owen, death of, re- ferred to, 649.
Robins, Lieutenant, Loyalist, cap- tures Colonel Maham, 609.
Robinson, Joseph (Tory), mentioned, 359, 549.
Rochambeau, Count de, arranges with Washington for campaign, 436; mentioned, 498, 545.
Roche, Mr. Patrick, plantation of, near Eutaw, mentioned, 450.
Rocky Mount, affair at, mentioned, 720.
Roebuck, Benjamin, routes party of the enemy at Mud Lick, 114, 514.
Rooney, Lieutenant (Tory), killed at Ninety Six, 300.
Round 0, Greene's army takes posi- tion at, 492, 493, 494; army moves from, to Jacksonborough, 501.
Roupell, George, postmaster under Royal government, name not in Con- fiscation Act, 585.
Rudulph, Major John, 80; despatched by Lee to Ninety Six, information obtained by him forwarded to Greene, 265; captures Fort Gal- phin, 266; takes part in the siege of Augusta, 272; mentioned, 296; is not promoted, becomes dissatisfied and resigns, 620.
Rudulph, Captain Michael, 80; takes part in an attempt upon George- town, 86, 87, 88; occupies Fort
Granby upon surrender of Maxwell, 239; Fort Cornwallis at Augusta surrendered to, 273; capture of gal- ley in Ashley River, 613, 614 ; volun- teers on special service, 623.
Rugeley, Colonel Rowland, captured by Washington, 12.
Rutherford, General Griffith, of North Carolina, mentioned, 446; Pickens applies to, for cooperation against the Cherokees, 624; does not come, 625.
Rutherford, -, Major, killed at Eutaw, 461.
Rutledge, Edward, released from St. Augustine, writes to Washington urg- ing cooperation of French fleet to re- cover Charlestown, 481; member of the Jacksonborough legislature, 557 ; member of privy council, 572; com- missioner to negotiate agreement to check plunder on either side, 658, 659. Rutledge, Hugh, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 562; lays before the House Banks & Co.'s proposition to feed army, 682.
Rutledge, Governor John, mentioned, 12; informs Sumter of Greene's arrival, 59; Greene writes him, 60; appoints Pickens brigadier-general, 121; puts Sumter in command of all state militia, proceeds to Phila- delphia, 139, 140; his letter to Mar- ion on subject, 140; Greene ap- peals to, for assistance, before Ninety Six, 286; mentioned, 324; letter to Sumter, 422; not yet re- turned to State, 426, 430; proposes to convene General Assembly at Camden, 495; but decides upon Jacksonborough, 496; Greene ad- dresses him upon subject of employ- ing negroes in the army, 499, 500; reserves it for consideration of the Assembly, 501; his dictatorial powers referred to, 508; sketch of his career since fall of Charlestown, 509, 510, 511; confers with Sumter, 511, 512; reorganizes militia and State troops, 513, 514, 515, 516; is- sues proclamation as to currency, 516; writes to Marion forbidding
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