PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Militia General . Autograph letter signed ("Andw. Pickens") TO GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE, "Camp Wests Creek 10 Miles from the Ridge," 12 July 1781. 2 pages, 4to, integral autograph address panel, franked "Publick Service," second leaf neatly inlaid. VERY RARE. PICKENS REPORTS TO GREENE ON THE BRITISH EVACUATION OF NINETY-SIX A fine military letter reporting crucial information on the movements of a British force under loyalist Colonel John H. Cruger (1738-1807): "Col. Cruger with his Army lay some part of last night at the Ridge...this morning soon after Moonrise, he march'd down the Middle Road by the Indian head towards Orangeburgh, he seems to march with all possible rapidity...he has with him a considerable number of Families, Negroes, Etc. The Tories seem in Great Confusion, are following in Parties; this morning I Detach'd Col. Saml. Hammond...to the Ridge, he fell in with a party of Tories of which he kill'd two...another party he kill'd one." He writes of the fatigue of his horses before continuing: "We learn by an Intelligeable Woman...that last night they Rec'd an Express from Lord Rodden [Rawdon-Hastings] which seem'd to give uneasiness, they Immediately made ready to march...I suppose it may be in our power at Least to Glean the small parties of Tories that may be pursuing." He concludes by asking for "Intelligence of your movements or Situation." Pickens, one of the most colorful characters of the Revolution, had successfully beseiged and captured the British fort at Augusta in early June. His attempt to capture garrsion Ninety-Six, commanded by Cruger, was thwarted. He was prusued by the British some 25 miles before abandoning the chase. Cruger marched, with a large contigent of local loyalist inhabitants and blacks--who had been promised freedom if they would take arms against the Americans--to Orangeburg. Greene, Pickens and Marion, on 8 September, took the offensive and surprised the combined British force at Eutaw Springs in one of the hardest fought battles of the southern war, in which the British suffered "the highest percentage of losses sustained by any force during the war." Pickens letters are extremely rare; only a single example has been sold at auction since 1975, according to ABPC.
PICKENS, Andrew (1739-1817), Militia General . Autograph letter signed ("Andw. Pickens") TO GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE, "Camp Wests Creek 10 Miles from the Ridge," 12 July 1781. 2 pages, 4to, integral autograph address panel, franked "Publick Service," second leaf neatly inlaid. VERY RARE. PICKENS REPORTS TO GREENE ON THE BRITISH EVACUATION OF NINETY-SIX A fine military letter reporting crucial information on the movements of a British force under loyalist Colonel John H. Cruger (1738-1807): "Col. Cruger with his Army lay some part of last night at the Ridge...this morning soon after Moonrise, he march'd down the Middle Road by the Indian head towards Orangeburgh, he seems to march with all possible rapidity...he has with him a considerable number of Families, Negroes, Etc. The Tories seem in Great Confusion, are following in Parties; this morning I Detach'd Col. Saml. Hammond...to the Ridge, he fell in with a party of Tories of which he kill'd two...another party he kill'd one." He writes of the fatigue of his horses before continuing: "We learn by an Intelligeable Woman...that last night they Rec'd an Express from Lord Rodden [Rawdon-Hastings] which seem'd to give uneasiness, they Immediately made ready to march...I suppose it may be in our power at Least to Glean the small parties of Tories that may be pursuing." He concludes by asking for "Intelligence of your movements or Situation." Pickens, one of the most colorful characters of the Revolution, had successfully beseiged and captured the British fort at Augusta in early June. His attempt to capture garrsion Ninety-Six, commanded by Cruger, was thwarted. He was prusued by the British some 25 miles before abandoning the chase. Cruger marched, with a large contigent of local loyalist inhabitants and blacks--who had been promised freedom if they would take arms against the Americans--to Orangeburg. Greene, Pickens and Marion, on 8 September, took the offensive and surprised the combined British force at Eutaw Springs in one of the hardest fought battles of the southern war, in which the British suffered "the highest percentage of losses sustained by any force during the war." Pickens letters are extremely rare; only a single example has been sold at auction since 1975, according to ABPC.
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