AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Continental Army General . Autograph letter signed ("And w Pickens"), TO NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786), Fitzpatrick's Plantation, two miles from Brown's Mill, 5 September 1781. 1 page, 4to, creases repaired , DOCKETED ON VERSO.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Continental Army General . Autograph letter signed ("And w Pickens"), TO NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786), Fitzpatrick's Plantation, two miles from Brown's Mill, 5 September 1781. 1 page, 4to, creases repaired , DOCKETED ON VERSO. COMING ON FOR BATTLE AT EUTAW SPRINGS. "I arrived here last Evening with the State Troops of Militia," Pickens writes, "whom I had under my Command at Beaver Creek--and now wait your further Orders; if I knew that we were to continue here today, would send to Brown's Mill & have some Meal prepared." Pickens fought as a Captain in the South Carolina militia at the time of the British invasion of the Southern colonies. He surrendered after the capture of Charleston, gave his parole, and returned home. But when the British plundered his plantation, he deemed his parole null and void and took up arms again. Here he communicates with Greene three days before the battle of Eutaw Springs, and the reference to provisions in the last sentence is ominous, for a battle that Greene's and Pickens's men should have won turned into a defeat. When an American bayonet charge sent the British retreating in disarray the hungry Americans lost their discipline and proceeded to loot the British stores of food and drink found in the abandoned camp. This disarray gave the British time to mount a successful counter-attack. Pickens was among the 375 American wounded; some 139 men were killed. Yet, as so often during the Revolution, the Americans seemed to win even when they lost. British killed and wounded were so numerous in this hard-fought action--especially among officers--that the Redcoats had to fall back to the safety of Charleston. Their ability to take offensive action in the South was permanently crippled.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Continental Army General . Autograph letter signed ("And w Pickens"), TO NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786), Fitzpatrick's Plantation, two miles from Brown's Mill, 5 September 1781. 1 page, 4to, creases repaired , DOCKETED ON VERSO.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Continental Army General . Autograph letter signed ("And w Pickens"), TO NATHANAEL GREENE (1742-1786), Fitzpatrick's Plantation, two miles from Brown's Mill, 5 September 1781. 1 page, 4to, creases repaired , DOCKETED ON VERSO. COMING ON FOR BATTLE AT EUTAW SPRINGS. "I arrived here last Evening with the State Troops of Militia," Pickens writes, "whom I had under my Command at Beaver Creek--and now wait your further Orders; if I knew that we were to continue here today, would send to Brown's Mill & have some Meal prepared." Pickens fought as a Captain in the South Carolina militia at the time of the British invasion of the Southern colonies. He surrendered after the capture of Charleston, gave his parole, and returned home. But when the British plundered his plantation, he deemed his parole null and void and took up arms again. Here he communicates with Greene three days before the battle of Eutaw Springs, and the reference to provisions in the last sentence is ominous, for a battle that Greene's and Pickens's men should have won turned into a defeat. When an American bayonet charge sent the British retreating in disarray the hungry Americans lost their discipline and proceeded to loot the British stores of food and drink found in the abandoned camp. This disarray gave the British time to mount a successful counter-attack. Pickens was among the 375 American wounded; some 139 men were killed. Yet, as so often during the Revolution, the Americans seemed to win even when they lost. British killed and wounded were so numerous in this hard-fought action--especially among officers--that the Redcoats had to fall back to the safety of Charleston. Their ability to take offensive action in the South was permanently crippled.
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