n, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown,
and succeeded Gates in command of the southern army, 1780; conducted
retreat from the Catawba to the Dan, 1781; won victories of Guildford
Court House and Eutaw Springs, 1781; died near Savannah, Georgia, June
19, 1786.
MARION, FRANCIS. Born at Winyaw, South Carolina, 1732; a partisan leader
in South Carolina, 1780-82; served at Eutaw Springs, 1781; died near
Eutaw, South Carolina, February 27, 1795.
SUMTER, THOMAS. Born in Virginia in 1734; in Braddock campaign, 1755;
lieutenant-colonel of regiment of South Carolina riflemen, 1776;
defeated Tories at Hanging Rock, August 6, 1780; defeated by Tarleton at
Fishing Creek, August 18, 1780; defeated Tarleton at Blackstock Hill,
November 20, 1780; member of Congress from South Carolina, 1789-93;
senator, 1801-09; minister to Brazil, 1809-11; died near Camden, South
Carolina, June 1, 1832.
LEE, HENRY. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, January 29, 1756;
distinguished in Revolution as commander of "Lee's Legion"; governor of
Virginia, 1792-95; member of Congress, 1799-1801; died at Cumberland
Island, Georgia, March 25, 1818.
ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR. Born at Thurso, Scotland, 1734; served at Louisburg
and at Quebec, 1758; resigned from British army and settled in Ligonier
valley, Pennsylvania, 1764; appointed colonel, January 3, 1776;
brigadier-general, August 9, 1776; organized New Jersey militia and
participated in battles of Trenton and Princeton; major-general,
February 19, 1777; succeeded Gates in command at Ticonderoga, and
abandoned fort at approach of Burgoyne's army, July, 1777;
court-martialed in consequence, 1778, and acquitted "with the highest
honor"; succeeded Arnold in command of West Point, 1780; before Yorktown
at surrender of Cornwallis, and in South till close of war; delegate to
Continental Congress, 1785-87; governor of Northwest Territory,
1789-1802; defeated by Indians near Miami villages, November 4, 1791;
died at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1818.
WAYNE, ANTHONY. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1745;
member of Pennsylvania legislature, 1774; colonel of Pennsylvania troops
in Canada, 1776; brigadier-general, 1777; served at Brandywine,
Germantown, and Monmouth; stormed Stony Point, July 15, 1779; commanded
at Green Spring, 1781; served at Yorktown; member of Congress from
Georgia, 1791-92; appointed major-general and commander-in-chief of the
army, 1792; won the battle of Fallen Ti
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