Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV
Brigadier General Samuel Elbert's story spans most of Georgia's history in the eighteenth century. He is best remembered for his role as a commander of Georgia troops during the American Revolution. Before the war, he was a prominent Savannah merchant and a member of the General Assembly when James Wright was Georgia's governor. In 1775, Elbert was instrumental in bringing the Revolution to Georgia and he soon commanded Continental forces in the conflict. He emerged as a significant leader in the age of Revolution in Georgia and participated in almost every major battle in the state prior to his capture at Brier Creek on March 3, 1779. Elbert was present at the Battle of the Rice Boats in 1776, a participant in two of Georgia's three campaigns into Florida, commanded American troops during the action on the Frederica River in 1778, and was in Savannah when it fell to the British on December 29, 1778. After his exchange, he went to Yorktown, Virginia, and joined George Washington's forces, where he witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis's British army in 1781. In 1785, Elbert became Georgia's governor, but his one-year term was plagued by border conflicts, particularly with the Creek Indians over the Oconee Lands. Among his most enduring legacies are the creation of independent masonry in Georgia, the chartering of Franklin College which later became the University of Georgia, and a county in the northeast section of the state that bears his name.
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Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV
Brigadier General Samuel Elbert's story spans most of Georgia's history in the eighteenth century. He is best remembered for his role as a commander of Georgia troops during the American Revolution. Before the war, he was a prominent Savannah merchant and a member of the General Assembly when James Wright was Georgia's governor. In 1775, Elbert was instrumental in bringing the Revolution to Georgia and he soon commanded Continental forces in the conflict. He emerged as a significant leader in the age of Revolution in Georgia and participated in almost every major battle in the state prior to his capture at Brier Creek on March 3, 1779. Elbert was present at the Battle of the Rice Boats in 1776, a participant in two of Georgia's three campaigns into Florida, commanded American troops during the action on the Frederica River in 1778, and was in Savannah when it fell to the British on December 29, 1778. After his exchange, he went to Yorktown, Virginia, and joined George Washington's forces, where he witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis's British army in 1781. In 1785, Elbert became Georgia's governor, but his one-year term was plagued by border conflicts, particularly with the Creek Indians over the Oconee Lands. Among his most enduring legacies are the creation of independent masonry in Georgia, the chartering of Franklin College which later became the University of Georgia, and a county in the northeast section of the state that bears his name.
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Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV

Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV

by Clay Ouzts
Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV

Samuel Elbert & the Age of REV

by Clay Ouzts

Overview

Brigadier General Samuel Elbert's story spans most of Georgia's history in the eighteenth century. He is best remembered for his role as a commander of Georgia troops during the American Revolution. Before the war, he was a prominent Savannah merchant and a member of the General Assembly when James Wright was Georgia's governor. In 1775, Elbert was instrumental in bringing the Revolution to Georgia and he soon commanded Continental forces in the conflict. He emerged as a significant leader in the age of Revolution in Georgia and participated in almost every major battle in the state prior to his capture at Brier Creek on March 3, 1779. Elbert was present at the Battle of the Rice Boats in 1776, a participant in two of Georgia's three campaigns into Florida, commanded American troops during the action on the Frederica River in 1778, and was in Savannah when it fell to the British on December 29, 1778. After his exchange, he went to Yorktown, Virginia, and joined George Washington's forces, where he witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis's British army in 1781. In 1785, Elbert became Georgia's governor, but his one-year term was plagued by border conflicts, particularly with the Creek Indians over the Oconee Lands. Among his most enduring legacies are the creation of independent masonry in Georgia, the chartering of Franklin College which later became the University of Georgia, and a county in the northeast section of the state that bears his name.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780881468588
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Publication date: 11/01/2022
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Clay Ouzts is professor of History at the University of North Georgia, where his areas of historical focus are the American Revolution, Georgia history, Native American history, environmental history, and the Civil War era. He holds a PhD in History from Florida State University.

Table of Contents

Preface: In Search of Samuel Elbert ix

Acknowledgments xii

Abbreviations xxi

1 Parents, Patronage, and Professions: Samuel Elbert's Greening Years 1

2 "The Bulwark of Our Liberties": Samuel Elbert, the Assembly, and the Voice of the People, 1769-1771 28

3 A Devotion to the Duties of Life: Fatherhood, Brotherhood, and Grenadiers, 1771-1773 46

4 "That Love for My Country Which Prompted Me": The Americanization of Samuel Elbert 71

5 "Judged by the Law of Liberty": Samuel Elbert and the Making of a Revolution in Georgia, 1775 89

6 "To Do Them Honor": Samuel Elbert and the "Spirit of '76" in Georgia 113

7 'Tor God's Sake Let Me Hear from You": Samuel Elbert and the Second Florida Campaign, 1777 144

8 "To Save Your Country from Ruin": Samuel Elbert's Western Campaign in the Ceded Lands, 1777 172

9 "You Must Imagine What My Feelings Were": Action on the Frederica River and the Third Florida Campaign, 1778 199

10 "We Have Lost the Day": The Fall of Savannah 227

11 "Nothing Less than a Total Rout": The Fall of Augusta and the Battle of Brier Creek 260

12 "A Day of Reckoning Is Hastening On": The Ordeal of Samuel Elbert, 1779-1781 290

13 Land and Laurels: Samuel Elbert and the Consolidation of the Revolution in Georgia, 1781-1784 319

14 "Many Irregularities Have Taken Place": Governor Elbert's Trials, Triumphs, and Border Wars, 1785 339

15 Rest in Pieces 372

16 "But All Georgia Will Thy Worth Rehearse": The Meaning of Samuel Elbert 394

Timeline 401

Bibliography 405

Index 421

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