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The Life of Francis Marion

CHAPTER 9
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John Coming Ball.

Marion was in expectation, every moment, of additional troops, but he determined not to wait for them.

He found his men in the proper mood for fight, and at such times small inequalities of force are not to be regarded.

He resolved to give the humor vent, and at once commenced his march for the enemy's encampment.

He found the Tories strongly posted at Shepherd's Ferry, on the south side of the Black Mingo, on a deep navigable stream, the passage of which they commanded.


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