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In January of 1776, General Howe, the British commander of North America in Boston,

allowed General Clinton to take command of a contingent of soldiers

down to the southern colonies. Governor Josiah Martin of North Carolina had been telling everyone

that he could raise 10,000 loyal soldiers to fight for the king if only the army would send someone to

rally them. General Clinton only took a couple of companies of

light infantry when he sailed from Boston. The plan was to meet up with reinforcements sailing

from Ireland under the newly promoted Major General Charles Cornwallis.

Ahead of Clinton's arrival in North Carolina, the British sent recruiters to enlist the

loyalists who would fight with the

small force of regulars due to arrive soon. They focused recruitment on Scottish Highlanders who had

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