Ashe, John, Sr., 1721-1781 to Benjamin Lincoln

GLC02497.02

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GLC#
GLC02497.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 26, 1779
Author/Creator
Ashe, John, Sr., 1721-1781
Title
to Benjamin Lincoln
Place Written
South Carolina
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 18 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written by Brigadier General Ashe to Major General Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Says nothing extraordinary has happened. Reports that Colonel Lythe's light infantry advanced to take possession of the pass at the lower bridge and that he hopes to join him there soon. Said party that was sent after the field piece he mentioned in his previous letter to Lincoln returned in the evening. Says General Elbert came upon a wagon that was overset and that they found a "cohorn" (a small mortar) and several chests, but left them behind because it was not convenient to bring them back. Says report of the lower bridge on Brier Creek being destroyed is true. Ashe was surprised and defeated by General Augustine Prevost at Brier Creek on 4 March 1779, and he left the army afterward.

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