To George Washington from Brigadier General James Hogun, 19 February 1780
From Brigadier General James Hogun
Wilmington [N.C.] Feby 19th 1780
sir
I make no doubt but E’er this you have been Informd of the many Obsticles that has Tended to the Impedeing my march to the southward—I have at Length Reachd Wilmington and, Expect (without some Unforeseen Accident) to be in Cha[rle]s Town in Ten days.1
The Accounts from the Southward are so Vague that it will be Needless to Mention them, as you must undoubtedly, have a more Authentic One, before this reaches you, than I am able to Give—Am with the Highest Esteem, your Excellencies Most Obt Humble Servt
James Hogun B.⟨G.⟩
LS, DLC:GW.
1. For GW’s orders to Hogun to march the North Carolina brigade to South Carolina, see GW to Hogun, 19 Nov. 1779, in GW to Thomas Clark, that date, n.4; see also GW to Hogun, 1 Oct. 1779. Hogun arrived in Charlestion, S.C., on 3 March (see Benjamin Lincoln to GW, 4 March).