Oration by Gen. H. V. Boynton

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Excerpt from Oration by Gen. H. V. Boynton: Delivered at Guilford Battle Ground, July 4, 1900 Tarleton, in his carefully written history, describes Guilford as a stubbornly contested field where victory alternately presided over each army, and, further, as a victory which, however splendid and honorable to the general and the troops, was not useful or advantageous to Great Britain. Fox in the British Parliament, declared that the victory was with the Americans, for, he argued, that in the face of recognized defeat Cornwallis could have done no more than he did do, namely, leave the field and ¿ee to the coast, as he was forced to do. There is one false tradition of this field which the citizens of North Carolina properly combat and deny, and that is the6 Guilford Battle Ground, july 4, i9oo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.