A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

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Lafayette had adopted. But he did not reach the southern
army. After obtaining the permission of the commander-inchief, he had proceeded as far as Philadelphia on his way to
join General Greene, when he was called upon to assist in the
negotiation then going on with the French minister to forward
the concerted co-operation of the French fleet in the West
Indies, which finally resulted in the capture of Cornwallis
After terminating this important affair, he immediately resumed
his journey, and had advanced as far as Petersburg, when he
was recalled to take the command of the expedition against
Arnold in Virginia.
In the month of December, 1780, the traitor Arnold,
now a Brigadier-General in the British service, was despatched from New-York, with about sixteen hundred men,
and landed at Westover on the fourth of January, which is
distant on James River, about one hundred and forty miles
from the Capes of Virginia. The next day he entered
Richmond, where he ravaged both public and private property. Afterward, proceeding slowly down the river,
followed by Baron Steuben, he destroyed several mills on
his way, and established himself on the twentieth at Portsmouth, where Steuben, finding himself unable to force the
position, stationed his troops in such a manner as to confine
him to the narrowest possible limits. During this expedition, devastation had been extended, under Arnold's direction, until even his greedy appetite was cloyed, and his revengeful heart sated. As if he coveted to couple the name
of bandit with that of traitor, he carried fire and sword
wherever he went. Washington, not less surprised than
mortified at the tidings from Virginia, bestowed his immediate attention upon that quarter. He addressed himself to
Rochambeau, commanding the *land forces of his Most
Christian Majesty, and to Monsieur Destouches, admiral of
his squadron in the American seas, urging them to seize the
present moment for inflicting a severe blow on the common