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GENERAL WAYNE PASSES THROUGH FREDERICK. 449
General Phillips then returned down the south side of the James to Bur-
muda Hundred, where he re-embarked his forces on the 2d of May, and
dropped slowly down the river below the confluence of the Chickahominy.
He was sinking under a malarial fever contracted during this expedition, of
which he died on the 13th, leaving Arnold in command. Cornwallis, who
had moved from Wilmington on the 25th of April, proceeded toward Halifax,
crossed the Roanoke, entered Petersburg on the 20th of May, and took command of all the British forces.
In the meanwhile, congress, fearing an invasion of the Eastern Shore, had
ordered the State to remove all the public stores, cattle, provisions and forage
collected or stored on the peninsula, between the Delaware and Chesapeake
Bays. The legislature, which was in session at the time, regarding this as a
reflection upon the patriotism of the State, which did not intend to surrender
any portion of its territory without resistance, requested the governor to
express their feelings and disposition to congress. Samuel Huntington, the
president of that body, in a letter to Matthew Tilghman, dated April 27th,
wrote that he was directed to inform the legislature " that it was by no means
their intention in the recommendation, much less to preclude the idea of
resistance." And after expressing his fears of an invasion of the State by
the way of New Castle, he adds :
" Your determination to exert yourselves to the utmost for your defence, and your
confidence in the bravery and affection of your citizens, afford congress the highest satis-
'faction; and they persuade themselves that a reconsideration of the steps taken for
removing from the reach of the invaders, the superfluous provisions and forage, will convince you that they can have no possible tendency to discourage so laudable a spirit, or to
impede the efforts which may be expected from it."
Lord Cornwallis, for the purpose of bringing the enemy to action,
immediately put his troops in motion on the 24th of May, and passing the
James at Westover, attempted to get in the rear of Lafayette. Lafayette was
in no condition to risk an engagement. Removing
all the military stores from Richmond, he retreated
toward Fredericksburg with the view of joining the
Pennsylvania line, which had been ordered to the
south by Washington nearly three months before, and
which from various causes had been delayed. Continuing his retreat, Lafayette crossed the Rapidan,
where he was joined on the 7th of June, by General
Wayne, who had passed through Frederick on tl
31st of May, with about one thousand troops to joLx
him. Lord Cornwallis having been reinforced by lord cornwallis.
troops from New York, started in pursuit and advanced as far as Hanover
Court House, and then crossed South Anna, but finding that he could not
overtake Lafayette, he sent out two detachments, one under Tarleton to break
up the Virginia Assembly, at Charlottesville, the other to the Point of Fork,
29—v. ii
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000492 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | GENERAL WAYNE PASSES THROUGH FREDERICK. 449 General Phillips then returned down the south side of the James to Bur- muda Hundred, where he re-embarked his forces on the 2d of May, and dropped slowly down the river below the confluence of the Chickahominy. He was sinking under a malarial fever contracted during this expedition, of which he died on the 13th, leaving Arnold in command. Cornwallis, who had moved from Wilmington on the 25th of April, proceeded toward Halifax, crossed the Roanoke, entered Petersburg on the 20th of May, and took command of all the British forces. In the meanwhile, congress, fearing an invasion of the Eastern Shore, had ordered the State to remove all the public stores, cattle, provisions and forage collected or stored on the peninsula, between the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. The legislature, which was in session at the time, regarding this as a reflection upon the patriotism of the State, which did not intend to surrender any portion of its territory without resistance, requested the governor to express their feelings and disposition to congress. Samuel Huntington, the president of that body, in a letter to Matthew Tilghman, dated April 27th, wrote that he was directed to inform the legislature " that it was by no means their intention in the recommendation, much less to preclude the idea of resistance." And after expressing his fears of an invasion of the State by the way of New Castle, he adds : " Your determination to exert yourselves to the utmost for your defence, and your confidence in the bravery and affection of your citizens, afford congress the highest satis- 'faction; and they persuade themselves that a reconsideration of the steps taken for removing from the reach of the invaders, the superfluous provisions and forage, will convince you that they can have no possible tendency to discourage so laudable a spirit, or to impede the efforts which may be expected from it." Lord Cornwallis, for the purpose of bringing the enemy to action, immediately put his troops in motion on the 24th of May, and passing the James at Westover, attempted to get in the rear of Lafayette. Lafayette was in no condition to risk an engagement. Removing all the military stores from Richmond, he retreated toward Fredericksburg with the view of joining the Pennsylvania line, which had been ordered to the south by Washington nearly three months before, and which from various causes had been delayed. Continuing his retreat, Lafayette crossed the Rapidan, where he was joined on the 7th of June, by General Wayne, who had passed through Frederick on tl 31st of May, with about one thousand troops to joLx him. Lord Cornwallis having been reinforced by lord cornwallis. troops from New York, started in pursuit and advanced as far as Hanover Court House, and then crossed South Anna, but finding that he could not overtake Lafayette, he sent out two detachments, one under Tarleton to break up the Virginia Assembly, at Charlottesville, the other to the Point of Fork, 29—v. ii |
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