His counsel was seconded by the rest.

They prevailed with him.

It was fortunate that they did so; for the great efficiency of Marion was in the independence of his command.
While the matter was yet in debate, the militia began to reappear.

He had not sufficiently allowed for their exigencies, for the scattered homes and hiding-places of famishing hundreds, living on precarious supplies, in swamp and thicket.

How could he reproach them--fighting as they were for love of country only, and under such privations--that country yielding them nothing, no money, no clothes, no provisions,--for they were nothing but militia.