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NJJ.781.019
25 Jul 1781:32,33 (127)
. . . [series of letters between Andrew Pickens and Henry
Lee, jun., commanders of Continental Troops at Camp in
Augusta and Tho. Brown, Lieut. Col. commanding King's troops
at Augusta on p. 2 from May 31 to June 5]
Articles of Capitulation proposed by Lieutenant Colonel
Brown, and answered by General Pickens and Lieutenant
Colonel Lee. [on surrender of Fort Cornwallis in Augusta]
Article I. That all acts of hostilities and work shall
cease..
. . . [39 lines containing Articles l through 5]
Article 6. The garrison at an hour appointed shall march
out with shouldered arms and drums beating, to a place to be
agreed on, where they will pile their arms.
. . . [12 lines in col.2 and 22 lines in col. 3 containing
Articles 7 through 10]
Return of prisoners taken at Fort Cornwallis. June 5.
King's Rangers. 1 Lieut. Col., 3 Captains, 3 Subalterns,
l Quarter-Master, 1 Surgeon, 1 Assistant Commissary, 1
Serjeant-Major, 1 Drum Major, 8 Serjeants, 4 Drums and
Fifes, 136 rank and file.
. . . [8 lines list prisoners from the West-Florida Rangers,
the South-Carolina Royalists, the New Jersey Volunteers, the
Georgia Loyalists, the Georgia Tories, and the South-
Carolina Tories; none list fifes or drums]
Total. 1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major, 9
Captains, 4 Subalterns, 1 Adjutant, 1 Quarter-Master, 4
Surgeons, 1 Assistant Commissary, 1 Serjeant Major, 1 Drum-
Major, 11 Serjeants, 4 Drums and Fifes, 255 Rank and File.
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