orry--
He feasts a British Officer on Potatoes--Quells a Mutiny.
Chapter 12. General Greene assumes Command of the Southern
Army--His Correspondence with Marion--Condition of the
Country--Marion and Lee surprise Georgetown--Col. Horry
defeats Gainey--Marion pursues McIlraith--Proposed Pitched
Battle between Picked Men.
Chapter 13. Watson and Doyle pursue Marion--He baffles and
harasses them--Pursues Doyle--His Despondency and final
Resolution.
Chapter 14. Marion renews his Pursuit of Doyle--Confronts
Watson--Is joined by Col. Lee--Invests and takes Fort
Watson--Fort Motte taken--Anecdote of Horry and Marion.
Chapter 15. Correspondence of Marion and Greene--Anecdote
of Colonel Snipes--Marion takes Georgetown--Attempt of
Sumter and Marion on Col. Coates--Battle of Quinby Bridge.
Chapter 16. Marion moves secretly to Pon-Pon--Rescues Col.
Harden--Defeats Major Frazier at Parker's Ferry--Joins the
main Army under Greene--Battle of Eutaw.
Chapter 17. Retreat of the British from Eutaw--Pursuit of
them by Marion and Lee--Close of the Year.
Chapter 18. Marion summoned to the Camp of Greene--Defeats
the British Horse at St. Thomas--Leaves his Command to
Horry, and takes his Seat in the Assembly at Jacksonborough,
as Senator from St. John's, Berkeley--Proceedings of the
Assembly--Confiscation Act--Dispute between Cols. Mayham and
Horry--The Brigade of Marion surprised, during his absence,
by a Detachment from Charleston--Marion's Encounter with the
British Horse--Conspiracy in the Camp of Greene.
Chapter 19. Marion summoned with his Force to that of
Greene--Insurrection of the Loyalists on the Pedee--Marches
against them--Subdues them--Treats with Gainey--Fanning--
Protects the Tory, Butler, from his Men--Returns to the
Country between the Santee and the Cooper--Moves to protect
Georgetown from the British Fleet--Takes post at Watboo, on
Cooper River--Defeats the British Cavalry under Major
Frasier.
Chapter 20. The British propose Terms of Pacification--
Rejected by the Civil Authorities--They penetrate the
Combahee with their Fleet--Death of Col. Laurens--Anecdote
of Marion--Death of Wilmot--The British evacuate Charleston--
Marion separates from his Brigade at Watboo--His Military
Genius.
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