The Scout, or the Black Riders of Congaree (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Scout, or the Black Riders of CongareeAT the period when our story opens, the colonies of North America united in resistance to the mother-country, had closed the fifth year of their war of independence. The scene of con¿ict was b y this time almost wholly transferred from the northern to the southern colonies. The former were permitted to repose from the struggle, in their security almost ceasing to recognise the necessity of arms, while the latter, as if to compensate for their respite, in the beginning of the con¿ict, were subjected to the worst aspects and usages of war. The south, wholly abandoned to its fate by the colonies north of the Potomac, was unequal to the struggle single-handed. Their efforts at defence, however earnestly made, were for a time, apparently made in vain. In experienced in regular warfare, with officers as indiscreet and rash as brave, they were everywhere exposed to surprise and consequently to defeat. They lacked money, rather than men, experience and training, rather than courage, concentration and unity, rather than strength. The two frontier colonies, South Carolina and Georgia - most feeble and most exposed, as lying upon the borders of Florida, which adhered to the crown, and which had proved a realm of refuge to all the loyalists when driven out from the other colonies - were supposed by the Brit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.