Young people's history of the American Revolution . ISIIIII! THE TAKING OF STONY POINT 263 MAD ANTHONY WAYNES LETTER. Stony Point, 16th July, 1779. 2 oclock a.m. Dear Genl: The fort and garrison with Col0 Johnston areours. Our officers and men behaved like men who are deter-mined to be free. Yours most sincerely, Anty Wayne.Genl Washington. Great as was the rejoicing among the Continentals, andstrong as was the effect of the capture of the fort, Wash-ington clearly perceived that it would be unwise to attemptto hold it. It was therefore decided to evacuate it, and anattempt was made to carry a

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Young people's history of the American Revolution . ISIIIII! THE TAKING OF STONY POINT 263 MAD ANTHONY WAYNES LETTER. Stony Point, 16th July, 1779. 2 oclock a.m. Dear Genl: The fort and garrison with Col0 Johnston areours. Our officers and men behaved like men who are deter-mined to be free. Yours most sincerely, Anty Wayne.Genl Washington. Great as was the rejoicing among the Continentals, andstrong as was the effect of the capture of the fort, Wash-ington clearly perceived that it would be unwise to attemptto hold it. It was therefore decided to evacuate it, and anattempt was made to carry away the cannon. Althoughthis was not successful, the fort was, nevertheless, stripped, and when the redcoats entered it again, as they did July20th, it was not much more than a stony point indeed.Very naturally the country rang with the praises ofWayne. Congress voted him a medal, General Waynebecame a popular toast, and even Charles Lee, who didnot love Mad Anthony any more than he did Washington, wrote him : I do most seriously declare that your a

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