=The Leading Facts.= _1._ When Hale heard the news of the fight at
Lexington he hastened to the front. _2._ He went inside the British
lines to learn their plans, was caught, and executed. _3._ Greene
went to Boston, saw the British army, returned home and prepared
his minutemen. _4._ Washington sent him to the Carolinas after the
defeat of Gates. _5._ In the retreat of the American army after the
battle of Cowpens, Greene turned and fought the battles of Guilford
Court House, Hobkirks Hill, and Eutaw Springs. _6._ Daniel Morgan
with ninety-six men marched from the Shenandoah Valley to Boston to
join Washington. _7._ He won the battle of Cowpens against Colonel
Tarleton. _8._ Francis Marion's "Brigade" was made up of a small
number, mounted on their own horses, and armed with their own
guns and swords. _9._ He was called the "Swamp Fox," because his
men, attacking after nightfall, usually escaped to a swamp before
daylight.
=Study Questions.= _1._ What was Hale doing when war broke out?
_2._ Why did he go within the British lines? _3._ Where was Greene
born, and why was he called "the learned blacksmith"? _4._ How
did he get his company of minutemen drilled? _5._ What leaders
did Greene have to help him? _6._ Who was General Morgan? _7._
What did Burgoyne say to Morgan? _8._ Explain how Morgan prepared
for the battle of Cowpens. _9._ Picture the battle. _10._ What
anecdotes are told of Tarleton? _11._ Picture the scene at General
Morgan's burial. _12._ How did Greene win a victory by retreating?
_13._ What became of Cornwallis after the battle of Guilford Court
House? _14._ What other battles did Greene fight? _15._ What proofs
of affection did South Carolina and Georgia give? _16._ What is
the rank of Greene as a general? _17._ How many were in Marion's
"Brigade," how were they armed, and how did they fight? _18._ Why
did Tarleton call Marion the "Swamp Fox"? _19._ Who praised General
Marion? _20._ Read _The Song of Marion's Men_, by William Cullen
Bryant.
=Suggested Readings.= NATHAN HALE: Brown, _Nathan Hale, the Martyr
Spy_.
NATHANAEL GREENE: Fiske, Irving's _Washington_, 430-456; Francis V.
Greene, _General Greene_, 1-22, 94-105, 160-262; Frost, _Heroes of
the Revolution_, 27-75.
DANIEL MORGAN: Blaisdell and Ball, _Hero Stories from American
History_, 105-122; Brooks, _Century Book of the American
Revolution_, 168-173; Frost, _Heroes of the Revolution_, 76-89.
FRANCIS MARION: McCrady, _South Carolina in the Revolution_,
568-572, 577-652, 660-672, 748-752, 816-881.