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Title: Orderly book of Lieutenant Colonel Ely Kershaw, 1779, Feb. 26 - Apr. 23, Georgia and South Carolina
Creator: Kershaw, Ely, active 1779, author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1779
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Manuscripts
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Description: Record of a raid conducted by Ely Kershaw upon the orders of Andrew Williamson between March 3 and April 23 to the region of Congaree River, Augusta, and Three Rivers. Included are orders and communications between Kershaw and Williamson. Also included is a list entitled "Amount of Publick Tents, etc. del'd to Col. Kershaw Regt. of Militia. 26 Feb. 1779." (f. 31-31v.).
In spring of 1779, a detachment of Georgia militia under Lieutenant Colonel Ely Kershaw took part in the operations against Loyalists on the South Carolina and Georgia frontier, which were launched by Brigadier General Andrew Williamson in the aftermath of the Battle of Kettle Creek.
HM 611. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent: 32 leaves, 20 cm, stitched, paper wrappers
Identifier: mssHM 611
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll7/id/9369
Language: English
Subject: Kershaw, Ely, active 1779--Archives
Williamson, Andrew, 1730-1786
American loyalists--South Carolina
Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces--Sources
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Orderly books United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Source: Orderly Books of the American Revolution.
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library

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