August 1780 Order issued by Lord
Charles Cornwallis after the routs at
Camden and Fishing Creek:
I have given orders that all the inhabitants
of this province who have subscribed and have
taken part in this revolt should be punished with
the greatest rigour; and all those who will not turn
out that they may be imprisoned and their whole
property taken from them. I have likewise ordered
that compensation should be made out of their
estates to the persons who have been injured or
oppressed by them. I have ordered in the most
positive manner that every militiaman who has
borne arms with us and afterwards joined the
enemy shall be immediately hanged.
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