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The Minute Boys of South Carolina

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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A young narrator recounts how he and other local boys joined irregular Patriot operations under a guerrilla leader known as the Swamp Fox, describing their recruitment, skirmishes, rescues, betrayals, prisoner episodes, escapes, and maneuvers in South Carolina's swamps and settlements. The narrative blends episodic action—pursuits, ambushes, the search for a traitor, and a daring prison rescue—with reflections on loyalty and hardship, following small-unit tactics, camp life, and the risks faced by civilians and combatants alike. Scenes emphasize camaraderie among youthful volunteers and the improvisational warfare tactics that sustained resistance against a better-equipped foe.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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“‘I will take your life as forfeit for treachery!’”
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“‘Five minutes longer and we shall be out of range!’” 32
“‘Dismount and throw down your weapons!’” 80
If it had not been for Seth Hastings, I should have considered myself exceedingly fortunate 112
“‘I propose that we halt here’” 123
Then we saw coming through the avenue of trees our ‘Swamp Fox’ 196
“‘Are you master davis’s daughter?’” 265
“‘And we are to leave all these camp equipments?’” 314