The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
Field name | Value |
---|---|
Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01063 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0031] July 1781 |
Title | Charles Harrison to Henry Knox relating events in the south since the Battle of Guildford |
Date | 20 July 1781 |
Author | Harrison, Charles (1740-1796) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Colonel Harrison writes to Knox from the "High hills of Santee," near the Santee River in South Carolina. Gives Knox an outline of events in the South "since the memorable battle of Guilford ... " Reports that Lord Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene have been "manouvering with each other, one marching North the other South..." Relates that Cornwallis has destroyed a large amount of tobacco. Encloses a list of posts that have been recently evacuated by the British (GLC02437.01319). Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. |
Subjects | Battle Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Tobacco and Smoking Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Fortification Global History and Civics |
People | Harrison, Charles (1740-1796) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | South Carolina |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | The Battle of Guilford Court House took place 15 March 1781. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Chain of posts in South Carolina captured from British |
Transcript | Show/hide Download PDF |