The Romance of the Revolution Being a History of the Personal Adventures Roman
The Romance of the Revolution Being a History of the Personal Adventures Roman
Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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' ' Lie down then, Baxter, but quit not your post. ' ' They have shot me again colonel, ' said the wounded man, ' and if I stay any longer here, I shall be shot to pieces. ' ' Be it so, Baxter, but stir not, ' was the order, which the brave fellow obeyed, receiving a fourth wound before the engagement was over. " Another adventure is thus related by Horry himself. " I was sent" he writes, " by Gen. Marion to reconnoitre Georgetown. I proceeded with a guide through the woods all night. At the da...wn of day, I drew near the town. I laid an ambuscade, with thirty men and three officers, near the road. About sunrise a chair appeared with two ladies escorted by two British officers. I was ready in advance with an officer to cut them off, but reflect- ing that they might escape, and alarm the town, which would prevent my taking greater numbers, I desisted. The officers and chair halted very near me, but soon the chair went on, and the officers gallopped in retrogade into the town. Our party con- tinued in ambush, until 10 o'clock A.
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