Index Entry | Drums, in Tomawsey, beat to call back troops at sunset |
Location | Tomawsey |
Citation | CJ-B.776.054 28 Nov 1776:32 (27) Charles-Town (South-Carolina) Sept. 11. Extract of letters from the Camp near Senecca. August 18. On the 12th inst. Col. Williamson came to Tomawsey, where he saw signs of Indians very fresh; detached Capt. Perkins and Anderson, with 60 men, to attack them and reconnoitre; and Major Downes went out with 20 men. . . [skirmish with Indians] being now near sunset, they were called off by beat of drum. . . |
Generic Title | Continental Journal |
Date | 1776.11.28 |
Publisher | Gill, John |
City, State | Boston, MA |
Year | 1776 |
Bibliography | B0015570 |