55 .-- The accumulation of troops at Bacon's Bridge was made with the view to the defence of Charleston, now threatened by the enemy.

Many concurring causes led to the leaguer of that city.

Its conquest was desirable on many accounts, and circumstances had already shown that this was not a matter of serious difficulty.

The invasion of Prevost the year before, which had so nearly proved successful; the little resistance which had been offered to him while traversing more than one hundred miles of country contiguous to the Capital; and the rich spoils which, on his retreat, had been borne off by his army, betrayed at once the wealth and weakness of that region.

The possession of Savannah, where British Government had been regularly re-established, and the entire, if not totally undisturbed control of Georgia, necessarily facilitated the invasion of the sister province.