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Main Article: Southern Theater Of The American Revolutionary War
. . Structure Main article: Congressional Research Service General George Washington Resigning His Commission Edward Langworthy Georgia 1 Yes The full Virginia Regiment joined Washington at Fort Necessity the following month with news that he had been promoted to command of the regiment and to colonel upon the death of the regimental commander the regiment was reinforced by an independent company of 100 South Carolinians led by Captain James Mackay whose royal commission outranked Washington and a conflict of command ensued On July 3 a French force attacked with 900 men and the ensuing battle ended in Washington's surrender in the aftermath Colonel James Innes took command of intercolonial forces the Virginia Regiment was divided and Washington was offered a captaincy which he refused with resignation of his commission. On Thursday December 12 1799 Washington inspected his farms on horseback in snow and sleet He returned home late for dinner but refused to change out of his wet clothes not wanting to keep his guests waiting He had a sore throat the following day but again went out in freezing snowy weather to mark trees for cutting That evening he complained of chest congestion but was still cheerful On Saturday he awoke to an inflamed throat and difficulty breathing so he ordered estate overseer George Rawlins to remove nearly a pint of his blood a practice of the time His family summoned Doctors James Craik Gustavus Richard Brown and Elisha C Dick. (Dr William Thornton arrived some hours after Washington died.), Enslaved African Americans had not waited for Lincoln before escaping and seeking freedom behind Union lines From early years of the war hundreds of thousands of African Americans escaped to Union lines especially in Union-controlled areas such as Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region in 1862 Virginia Tennessee from 1862 on the line of Sherman's march etc So many African Americans fled to Union lines that commanders created camps and schools for them where both adults and children learned to read and write the American Missionary Association entered the war effort by sending teachers south to such contraband camps for instance establishing schools in Norfolk and on nearby plantations.
. Settlement of borders "Potomac" is a European spelling of Patawomeck the Algonquian name of a Native American village on its southern bank. Native Americans had different names for different parts of the river calling the river above Great Falls Cohongarooton meaning "honking geese" and "Patawomke" below the Falls meaning "river of swans" the spelling of the name has taken many forms over the years from "Patawomeck" (as on Captain John Smith's map) to "Patomake" "Patowmack" and numerous other variations in the 18th century and now "Potomac" the river's name was officially decided upon as "Potomac" by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931, Henry Laurens was president of the Continental Congress when the Articles were passed on November 15 1777, Battle of Fort Sumter. .
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