{"product_id":"1782-the-british-intend-an-evacuation-general-anthony-wayne-s-june-savannah-field-dispatch-to-colonel-james-jackson","title":"1782 “The British Intend an Evacuation” — General Anthony Wayne’s June Savannah Field Dispatch to Colonel James Jackson","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn exceptionally important Revolutionary War military communication written by Brigadier General \u003cstrong\u003eAnthony “Mad Anthony” Wayne\u003c\/strong\u003e to Lieutenant Colonel \u003cstrong\u003eJames Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e, future governor and United States senator from Georgia. Written from Wayne’s headquarters at Mrs. William Gibbons’s Sharon plantation near Savannah on June 17, 1782, the dispatch announces newly received intelligence that \u003cstrong\u003e“the British intend an evacuation.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWayne informs Jackson that a flag of truce had just arrived with a request for protection of the prison, private property, and those Savannah inhabitants who intended to remain after the British departure. He approves Jackson’s proposed withdrawal, directs him to take up a designated position, and asks for the “earliest Intelligence” should anything material occur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable field message was written during the closing operations of the Revolution in Georgia. Wayne’s small American force had spent months isolating British-occupied Savannah. Only six days after this dispatch, Wayne’s encampment at Gibbons’s plantation was attacked by British-allied Creek warriors in the Battle of Sharon. The British formally evacuated Savannah on July 11, 1782, and Colonel Jackson received the honor of leading the victorious American troops into the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by what appears to be the original military watchword and countersign slip, prominently including the word \u003cstrong\u003e“Reformation.”\u003c\/strong\u003e Contemporary docket on the integral portion: “17th June 1782 \/ to Colo. Jackson.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutograph manuscript in Wayne’s hand, unsigned in its surviving form. Expected folds, toning, edge wear, separations and minor losses consistent with an actively transmitted eighteenth-century military dispatch. A rare, highly displayable firsthand record of the approaching liberation of Savannah and the end of British rule in Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Documents LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52748854559002,"sku":null,"price":8087.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/206602.jpg?v=1787848212","url":"https:\/\/www.thearchiveauthority.com\/en-ca\/products\/1782-the-british-intend-an-evacuation-general-anthony-wayne-s-june-savannah-field-dispatch-to-colonel-james-jackson","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}