The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-04-12
NOTED SURRENDERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF
ALL GREAT WARS.


During the Revolution-Evsn the Great
Washington Was Forced to Surrender
Oncc-Some Other Instances.
The surrender Of the Spanish army
under General Ioral at Santiago was
one of the biggest events Of the KIND,
as regards numbers, that have ever
occurred on this continent. Small de-
tachments Of troops cooped up IN q
fortified place are often compelled to
surrender during q war, but when
whole armies give up the end IS gen
orally in sight
There are many famous SurrenderS
in our national history. There were
two notable ones during the revolution,
one in the middle OF the war ard one at
the end. At Saratoga, on October il,
III. Bourgoyne surrendered to Gates
G,00O men. 5,UG0 muSketS and large
quantity of ammunition and cannon.
He began his invasion Of the colonies
from Canada in Julie. inteE- ling TO go
down the Hudson and separate New
England from New York.
On October 10, 1871, CORVALLIS SUI
rendered I.C00 men to Washington,
which ended the war. The shiDs and
100 seamen were turned over to the
French.
There was surrender in this war
which is fit to be ranked with the Ala
mo and ort Pillow. Fort GriSwold,
defending New London. Conn. was
surrendered to Arnold. the traitor, by
Colonel Ledyard. The commandant
and his sixty men We're put to the
sword after they had given Up tbcir
arms. This was in September. 1871.
The raid on the New England coast
had been undertaken by the British
with the hope Of diverting Washing
tons attention from Cornwallis.
Even the great Washington was
forced to surrender once, though not IN
this war 1t was in the French and
Indian war, and Washington was COM
mandant at Fort Necessity. His forces
had shed the first blood Of the war.
having defeated Jumonville at Great
Meadows, forty-fve miles from Fort
Duquesne Two months later Wash
ington himself was defeated by De Vii
iers at Fort Necessity, which he had
-.
Of ten hours hard fighting Washing
ton yielded upon condition that his
troops should get the honors oil war.
Our war Of 1872 was marked BY two
notable surrenders. one Of which was
not at all to our credit. This latter
one was Hull's surrender of Detroit.
and with it all Of Michigan territory.
Hull'S soldiers were hot with indig
nation. as they were anxious to light,
and did not get the chance. Hull was
exchanged later for thirty British sol
diers and tried by court-martial fer
treason and cowardice. He was con-
victed of cowardice and sentenced to
be shot. but was pardoned by the
President.
The surrender Of Barclays feet on
lake Erie to Perry partly atoned for
Hull'S deed and gave the Americans
chance to get back what they had lost
through Hull. Perry's message to the
president, I'VE have met the enemy,
and they are ours" is classic among
military despaches.
The Mexican was was marked by
the surrender Of no large armies. Am
pudia gave up Monterey in September,
1916. Tampico surrendered to Captain
Connor, of the navy, in November,
1S47.
The Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. which
defended Santa Cruz. surrendered to
Scott and Connor March 81. 1871. At
this time 5000 prisoners and 800 can
non were taken by our army. The City
Of Mexico, having been evacuated by
Santa Anna, was occupied by the Am
erican troops September II, 1S4I.
The Mexican war was preceded by
the Texan war for independence. in the
course of which the Almo, at Bexar,
garriSioned by Texans, was surrender
ed to Santa Anna. No sooner had the
Americans laid down their arms than
they We're murdered by the treacherous
MeXicans and those Of Spanish de-
scent.
The civil war was terminated by the
surrender of Lee at AppamatoN Court
House on April o. 1865. Twenty-siX
? thousand men laid down their arms.
This was soon followed by the surren-
der of Johnston. with 29.924 men; Tay-
lor. with 10000: Jeff Thompson. with
7.454. and Kirby Smith with 10000.