He was one of those Captains who, with their companies, were dispatched on this expedition.

The command was given to Col.Moultrie.A strong resistance was expected, as, but a short time before, the garrison had been reinforced from the armed vessels.

At midnight on the fourteenth of September, 1775, the detachment crossed to James' Island.

The disembarkation was effected with delay and difficulty, occasioned by the inadequate size and number of the boats.
The forlorn hope, consisting of a detachment from the grenadiers of Capt.

Pinckney, joined by the Cadets, and led by Lieut.