Joined the troops
under General Green at Round O, in the State of South Carolina. Moved to
Pond-Pond; here we lay some time. Rice farms around this neighborhood—the
fields almost all under water; immense quantities of ducks; excellent sport at
times. Planters return to their homes live in style. Army change their ground;
march to Ashley. Was on picket the night before we reached Ashley; got
exceedingly wet—it rained all night. Marched next morning in wet clothes twelve
miles, to Ashley, exposed to very hot sun; laid up with fever carried to
hospital; as soon as able, returned to camp. Hospital very disagreeable place—all
sick, and some continually dying. Attendance good; surgeons very kind;
furnished with some stores, sugar, tea and molasses. Continued weak and unfit
for duty for some weeks. Ashley a very good position—ground high and dry; but
it is now midsummer and sickly season. Men die very fast; lost several valuable
officers. Ashley river low; full of alligators.
SOURCE: J. B.
Lippincott & Co., Publisher, The Record of the Court at Upland, in
Pennsylvania. 1676 to 1681. And a Military Journal Kept by Major E. Denny, 1781
to 1795, p. 250
