RE: Revolutionary soldiers from Midway

["Clay Quarterman" <clay@paco.net>]

Dear John,

Well, well-- I had known that my Great-Grandfather's name was Claudius
"Marion" Quarterman, but never realized he was named for the Swamp Fox.
They sometimes called him Claude and sometimes "Marion," and sometimes
he just signed "C.M."-- I see now that it was an easily recognizable
reference.

Thanks for the info--and for a deeper appreciation of our heritage. 

Sincerely,
Clay Quarterman


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-book@quarterman.org] On Behalf Of John S. Quarterman
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:51 AM
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> Subject: Re: Revolutionary soldiers from Midway 
> 
> 
> 
> On pages 48-49 of the second edition of Paul McIlvaine's
> The Dead Towns of Sunbury and Dorchester there is a list
> of the 202 prisoners taken by British General Prevost when Fort Morris

> at Sunbury surrendered on January 10, 1779.
> 
> They had also captured some continental officers at Savannah.
> ``Among these was Colonel George Walton of the First Georgia 
> militia. At Savannah, his leg had been broken by a musket 
> ball.  He was captured when he fell from his horse.  Walton 
> was considered such a prize, the British asked for a 
> Brigadier General in exchange.  None being available, he was 
> exchanged for a Navy Captain in September 1780.''
> 
> He had been the third Georgia signer of the Declaration of
> Independence, and later was twice governor of Georgia, a 
> Judge of the Superior Court of Georgia, and a U.S. Senator, 
> among other offices.  http://ngeorgia.com/people/walton.html
>  http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walton.html
>  http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000114
> 
> >A Col.Lee took Dorchester back on 14 July 1781.  And finally Gen.
> >Nathanael Gr een
> >>defeated the British Dec 1 1781.  (Source: McIlvaine)
> >>
> >This may sound dumb, but I want to be sure I have the facts
> >straight--Col. Lee  took Dorchester back for the Colonists, 
> right?  Not
> >for the British?
> 
> Here is the cast of characters as presented by McIlvaine on
> pp. 80ff. I've also added a few URLs for ancillary material.
> 
> Capt. Francis Marion, commanding two companies of soldiers
> was garrisoned at Fort Dorchester, in November 1775.  He was 
> later known as the Swamp Fox.  http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/marion.htm
> Mel Gibson modelled his character in the movie, The Patriot, 
> on Marion.
> 
> General William Moultrie, Marion's commander in 1775, in May
> 1778 formed his army at Dorchester.  ``A year later, he 
> stopped at Dorchester again to reform his troops before 
> moving to Charleston to help defend that city.''  
> http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/moultrie.htm
> 
> Sir Henry Clinton,
> British General and commander-in-chief, laid siege to 
> Charleston in Feb 1780.  
> http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Arlenes/C/ClintonH.htm
l
Charleston at the time was the fourth largest and richest city in the
colonies.

British Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton led cavalry up the Ashley River
and captured Dorchester on 13 April 1780.  Dorchester at the time was a
small town of 40 houses.  Charleston fell a month later.
http://www.patriotresource.com/people/tarleton.html
It was Tarleton who first called Marion the Swamp Fox.
Tarleton was the model for the antagonist character Col. Tavington in
the movie, The Patriot, although there were objections from Britain that
Tarleton was not as bad as that character.

Colonel ``Light Horse Harry'' Lee reoccupied Dorchester on 14 July 1781.
Lee had come down from North Carolina after the British had been
defeated there. It was Light Horse Harry who wrote the famous words when
Washington died: ``To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.''
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/bios/01pwash.html
Lee later had a son who became even more famous: Robert Edward Lee.

The British returned to Dorchester (date and leader not mentioned).

General Nathanael Green and Col. Wade Hampton drove them out for good on
Dec 1, 1781.

>-Connie

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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