- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Account of the Battle of Bloody Marsh
- Date of Original:
- 1742
- Subject:
- Battles--Georgia--History--18th century
Anglo-Spanish War, 1739-1748--Personal narratives
Sutherland, Patrick, Lieutenant
Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "An Account of the late Invasion of Georgia drawn out by Lieut. Patrick Sutherland of General Oglethorpe's Regiment who lately arrived in England and was sent Express on that occasion but being taken by the Spaniards off the Lizard was obliged to throw the said Express and the other Papers overboard."
This document recounts the Battle of Bloody Marsh, July 1742, in which British colonial troops under General James Oglethorpe defeated an attempted invasion by Spanish troops from Florida. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/1000
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Georgia Records from Duke University, 1988-0015m, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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